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 Topic: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
smallpoxgirl
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 Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:52 pm Subject: Re: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
I believe the CDS are necessary because WaMu has a lot of unsecured debt, which I mentioned previously would not be covered by a FDIC takeover - or possibly even by a takeover by a larger bank.
Any ... |
| Topic: Another Record ($147.27) |
smallpoxgirl
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:22 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($147.27) |
| You know, if you go back and look at the weekly charts, there's been a pretty steady long term uptrend going since the beginning of 2007. Just before it got to $100 it did the same thing. It shot up ... |
| Topic: Another Record ($147.27) |
smallpoxgirl
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Views: 21611
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:22 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($147.27) |
Natural gas August contract is NGU08 or in some systems ngu8. Crude August contract is CLU08.
Actually I misspoke. NGU08 and CLU08 are September contract not August. They both terminate (i.e. st ... |
| Topic: Another Record ($147.27) |
smallpoxgirl
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Views: 21611
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:25 am Subject: Re: Another Record ($147.27) |
I always look at 321energy.com for natural gas prices, but what is the chart symbol for natural gas?
Nymex symbols are a two letter prefix, then a one letter month code, then the year.
Natural ... |
| Topic: Speculators |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 36
Views: 957
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:37 am Subject: Re: Speculators |
| Unfortunately, that scenario isn't an investment strategy anymore; it's a full-scale loss of confidence in paper currency, which would be an unmitigated disaster for everyone. We simply can't have eve ... |
| Topic: Internet Sales Up |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 19
Views: 430
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:59 pm Subject: Re: Internet Sales Up |
Seriously, have you tried using puts instead of shorting?
I actually was trading puts. Just shorting conveys the idea more concisely to the average reader. I'm almost exclusively trading options. ... |
| Topic: Speculators |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 36
Views: 957
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:30 pm Subject: Re: Speculators |
That's my new response to the SEC shorting regulation.
"I'm not a short seller. I'm a defacto long seller."  |
| Topic: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 1419
Views: 78681
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:24 pm Subject: Re: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
| Great post Seahorse! |
| Topic: Speculators |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 36
Views: 957
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:07 pm Subject: Re: Speculators |
No, LONG sellers are getting blamed for the decreasing price of oil. Get it now? Heh. I don't either. 
Man. This futures market stuff must be harder than I imagined. Explain it again ... |
| Topic: Speculators |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 36
Views: 957
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:51 pm Subject: Re: Speculators |
| OK...This is rich. So now short sellers are getting blamed for driving up the price of crude? |
| Topic: Internet Sales Up |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 19
Views: 430
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:48 pm Subject: Re: Internet Sales Up |
Huge spike up in Amazon today. Their stock was up over 10%.
Sorry spg, but I don't call 10% moves "huge" anymore. I used to. But not with airlines and financials popping 100 or 200% at the drop of a ... |
| Topic: Internet Sales Up |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 19
Views: 430
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:56 pm Subject: Re: Internet Sales Up |
| Huge spike up in Amazon today. Their stock was up over 10%. |
| Topic: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 1419
Views: 78681
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:17 pm Subject: Re: Housing & Economic Collapse - In Progress - #2 |
| The funny thing is, if it catches on, it will make the situation worse. If people are to avoid homelessness, they need to rotate into rentals. That is not going to happen if everything is padlocked an ... |
| Topic: Hynix closing facility in Eugene, Oregon... |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 13
Views: 684
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:55 am Subject: Re: Hynix closing facility in Eugene, Oregon... |
| Gotta be more to it than just a technology shift. It can't be THAT hard to retool for bigger wafers. Certainly easier than moving to a new place, building a new facility, hiring new people, etc. |
| Topic: Another Record ($147.27) |
smallpoxgirl
Replies: 320
Views: 21611
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:40 am Subject: Re: Another Record ($147.27) |
| Here is a great chart by Clive Maund saying the same thing SmallPoxGirl and I have been saying for quite some time. This thing is probably going down to the 200 day moving average.....before it will ... |
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