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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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85876OT Well, what good are you doing? None.Tommaso8/17/2007
85875Countrywide may be just the first. The Fed knows that. Message 23798533Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85874<i>cannot get through to schwab</i> Welcome to my little hell. TheLive2Sail8/17/2007
85873But the primary banks were just fine except for Countrywide. How much liquidity Live2Sail8/17/2007
85872How far are you to the nearest Western Union? :)Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85871Depending on your tolerance for high rates vs. safety. Probably C.D's are thSuma8/17/2007
85870What does that have to do with him looking to hurt 1/2 the market? Whether he liSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85869When I click on the Etrade linky I get "page not fund" so it looks likTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85868John - EXPE went red early (before the general tide started going out) giving a robbie_nw8/17/2007
85867Now I wish I had covered, it would have been a brilliant trade. But I keep remeLee8/17/2007
85866Just riding the ridiculous CFC and GS waves up and down - It's so much easisaveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85865It's all so Katrina like What are odds of getting one hurricane and it'Broken_Clock8/17/2007
85864Anyone finding a place to put cash to work here? I found nothing I like either Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85863Let's not forget our good friend Dean, steaming toward the Gulf: <img srpatron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85862Michael Vick to submit stolen dogs to Fed discount window... 11alive.comLes H8/17/2007
85861Maybe we'll see another 1/2 pt at noon and a full point @ 2.Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85860BSC now neg eomdamainman8/17/2007
85859I was just thinking the same thing, very unimpressive. Glad I had a quick triggTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85858They gonna fade this to zero?damainman8/17/2007
85857An even this isn't having much of a sustained effect om the mkt Watch us go Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85856I've learned that when articles by Doug Cass begin to appear all over the inWilliam JH8/17/2007
85855The fed cutting the discount window on OPTIONS expiration is a 1 in 10 thousand 10K a day8/17/2007
85854Only position I have left is GG, think the gold stocks might do good.Travis_Bickle8/17/2007
85853<i> It changes nothing for houses in the long run, exotic mortgages need tMulhollandDrive8/17/2007
85852<i>> they should do like the 3rd base coach </i> The third base 10K a day8/17/2007
85851Question answered You do Message 23802875Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85850p_a_p_f,re:"even as Poole was flapping his gums". Damed ! just misseJohn Chen8/17/2007
85849Sold CFC into rally, now short CFC. Up 25%??? C'mon ......saveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85848Sell the news boys..robbie_nw8/17/2007
85847From another board: could be "TMOADCB" = The mother of all dead cat bosaveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85846Schwab (from Asia) is slow again today. At the open it was almost as bad as yesNo Mo Mo8/17/2007
85845p_a_p_f,re:"exotic mortgages need to die". True and simple, period. InJohn Chen8/17/2007
85844I am back in cash again, a LOT more cash than I had yesterday :) Folks here areThink4Yourself8/17/2007
85843Even Fido was a bit slow, but trades still getting through. I've dissed thepatron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85842Dumb luck and this board, I was going to hang on to my DSL and FED positions butTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85841Thats cool. Good for you!10K a day8/17/2007
85840Did the same thing bought CFC late afternoon and just sold. I just love dumb lucjpk18/17/2007
85839John Q Public,re:"The fed is preventing everyone else from suffering".John Chen8/17/2007
85838Yup. Glad I took profits on my financials early. edit: looks like site is workTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85837It gives banks borrowing at the discount window a break to keep cash in the systPaul Kern8/17/2007
85836Bernanke has always been against excessive risk taking, long or short.Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85835Etrade servers appear to have just crashed from all of the activity.Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85834PSA has been trading for 15 minutes, big gap up and the option prices still arenMulhollandDrive8/17/2007
85833That and some other things. The Dems pushing to expand Fannies business was anotpatron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85832Bernacke picked up the phone Message 2380279610K a day8/17/2007
85831WOW! You sound like the guy on Bloomberg right now He says this was a message toSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85830No chit. Sooo glad most of us closed our shorts.damainman8/17/2007
85829Hope everyone covered yesterday...we're looking at up 500 on the dow today, patron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85828Well, now we know the WHY of yesterday's miracle ramp....someone was tipped patron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85827DSL up 15%, there but for the sake of covering go I.Travis_Bickle8/17/2007
85826Fannie Mae Predicts Price Decline Will Accelerate in '08 washingtonpost.comLes H8/17/2007
85825No Time to Sit and Watch washingtonpost.comLes H8/17/2007
85824What is wrong with what they are doing? The risk takers are still getting slaugThink4Yourself8/17/2007
85823The Fed/gov is panicking They just don't want to show it. This is a band-aidSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85822Bulls out in force: "There's some terrific values out there, if you havsaveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85821The fed is trying to grease the financial wheels by adding liquidity through DisThink4Yourself8/17/2007
85820John Q Public,re:"FED cut .. 50 basis points". BAD INJECTION, you don&John Chen8/17/2007
85819Cramer is chortling over the shorts getting burned, lol.Travis_Bickle8/17/2007
85818The banks typically hold those for such a short period of time before repaying, No Mo Mo8/17/2007
85817We nailed it, guys. This move by the fed just cushions the fall.saveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85816i'm convinced the run on countrywide is what forced the fed's hand to oMulhollandDrive8/17/2007
85815Fed funds rate effects loaning from one bank to another. Discount Window rate eThink4Yourself8/17/2007
85814Countrywide upgraded to neutral. Current price reflects balance between risk ofLes H8/17/2007
85813Can you explain how a cut in the Discount Window rate differs from a cut in the No Mo Mo8/17/2007
85812Great shorting opportunity - while euphoria numbs the masses CFC upgraded, unbesaveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85811I went long CFC yesterday at 3:30 - better to be lucky than good ....saveslivesbyday8/17/2007
85810Message 23803238nextrade!8/17/2007
85809and telling of how significant the financial issues of this country truly are wnextrade!8/17/2007
85808Dow industrial futures up 166 points, what a swing. No way I'm holding my fiTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85807AND he did it while the market was closed, on an options expiration day. He is Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85806That's the bear trap we were all worried about. Turns out the unscheduled mTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85805Fed just cut the Discount Window rate by 50 basis points. We are probably goingThink4Yourself8/17/2007
85804Junk credit spreads not looking too hot after today, of course that market closePerspective8/17/2007
85803ot: I must confess your post confused me. Not sure if you were serious or just Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85802Broken Window Fallacy! Short the insurance companies? Do what? I once had an silenceddissenter8/17/2007
85801sort of ot: Not only is Dean likely to be at least a Cat 4, but they sometimes Think4Yourself8/17/2007
85800Re: <i>apparently all online brokers were taxed.</i> ETrade was finDan38/17/2007
85799Re: <i> if they start knocking 'em down to 50% off, I'm sure the cDan38/17/2007
85798It's OK The levees are repaired and better than ever. And if that fails, thSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85797People sure are complacent about that storm, it has the potential to cause serioTravis_Bickle8/17/2007
85796It must suck to be a fund manager caught long. An angry bunch they are. As CrameSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85795Scottrade was slow yesterday as well. Open orders and updates weren't refresSmiling Bob8/17/2007
85794The euro is FINISHED Hedge fund guy I talked to last month assured me that the silenceddissenter8/17/2007
85793Q: How do you say "PPT" in a foreign language? A: You don't. --- Smiling Bob8/17/2007
85792Insider Buying The Dow is off its highs, but not everybody's worried; many csilenceddissenter8/17/2007
85791<i>ya' think online trading breakdowns are part of the ppt...?</i&gLive2Sail8/17/2007
85790ya' think online trading breakdowns are part of the ppt...?marcher8/17/2007
85789This is just a shocking lack of confidence...but will go down as a smart move. FBroken_Clock8/17/2007
85788Yes, the subprime issue has clearly been contained to Planet Earth. On anotherpatron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85787I'm sure I'd be nervous if I had an account there. Of course, that will patron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85786There is a run at a primary bank. Unbelievable.Live2Sail8/17/2007
85785more evidence of containmentBroken_Clock8/17/2007
85784There's a run on the bank, Countrywide: latimes.com <i><b>A rupatron_anejo_por_favor8/17/2007
85783Two factors here imho and it didn't feel like a miracle ramp to me: 1) FinaItsAllCyclical8/17/2007
85782Go for it Baby,, Without any thought of the people that are "doing the bescoug8/17/2007
85781This was a very brief adventure... Once more, Asian stocks are down big, and alRockyBalboa8/17/2007
85780hey! BZH is up today! WTF??????Lizzie Tudor8/16/2007
85779And so I want to pay tribute , to the trapped miners in Utah.., For I have a kincoug8/16/2007
85778When all of you rich shorters are finally ready to buy your third or fourth housLive2Sail8/16/2007
85777Today's Dow reversal 2.62 percent. 1998's Dow reversal on options expiraLes H8/16/2007
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