To: abuelita who wrote (56731 ) 10/21/2009 7:05:01 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217917 no, it is not always true behind every cloud there is another cloud during times of economic distress and psychological stress, women and men may marry for love, as before, but also hedge by engaging with funding sources, if accessible and available, for sure, the bar on standard of behavior is lowered in the mean time, just in in-tray todayplayer 2 wrote: this is too funny....a few snips (link to article below): The Fed now owns the Crossroads Mall, a sprawling shopping complex at the junction of Interstate highways 244 and 35, complete with an oil well pumping crude in the parking lot -- except the Fed does not own the mineral rights. Noah Diggs, who had just successfully concluded a search for work here as a shop assistant, was surprised and somewhat alarmed to learn the U.S. central bank now owned the property. "That is a bad thing, right?" he said, surveying the empty parking lot on a rainy morning in early October. .... However, Sholder said that on reflection, he really should not be so surprised by the news of the Fed's involvement. "They seem to have their finger in every pie," he said.reuters.com On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:00 AM, player 1 wrote: a note on today's market action - below you find a link to the market summary posted at Yahoo - i just want to highlight one sentence from it: Joe Saluzzi, co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading LLC, said the note was a reminder of troubles still in the economy and was enough to scare many traders. "They all ran for the exits at the same time," he said. and that is precisely the risk - it is a market dominated by short term oriented traders, who invariably act as a herd. whether today's last hour reversal will be meaningful remains to be seen, but clearly it is a warning shot. finance.yahoo.com