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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Rolla Coasta who wrote (31406)3/20/2008 5:51:30 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218649
 
Complex stuff in simple terms:

Financial problem.

Ramifications to real economy in the US

Limited to the US.

Affects the rest of the world where US capital was allocated.

Money 'parked' in Gold and ETFs been pulled back to cover holes.

Main potential problems:
--Goverment Intervention

--Capital controls



To: Rolla Coasta who wrote (31406)3/20/2008 6:16:39 AM
From: Moominoid  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218649
 
Crashes don't happen after the market falls 20% already. That doesn't mean the market can't go down further, but no crash IMHO.



To: Rolla Coasta who wrote (31406)3/20/2008 8:47:48 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218649
 
<<This market is truly hostile and wild>>

- exhilaratingly so

- too early for crash, for i believe the morons when they indicate they are reckless enough to try 'unconventional' measures

- but let us watch, brief, take notes, and learn