citygroup's been around (in some form) for 195 years?!?!
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i am so happy citi is putting my credit card finance charges to good use. way to go guys.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
us ilxors are all in the wrong lines of work!
― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
"i made you a pension but i losed it"
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
the connection between car part thefts and the commodity bubble
from the linked article:
Handfield says a tightening economy may be spurring the spike in metal thefts. He says Irvine police recently arrested a man stealing metals from construction sites. He was a mortgage banker using his luxury Lexus SUV to haul the loot, Handfield says.
!!!
― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Where does a thief even go to sell their ill-gotten scraps of metal?
― Abbott, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Recycling yards. No questions asked, for the most part.
― nickn, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/01/ny-times-education-of-ben-bernanke.html
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
we gonna die
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 17 January 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 13 January 2008 17:19 (4 days ago)
At least you are consistent in your approach.
― Aimless, Thursday, 17 January 2008 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/040713/165732__robocop_l.jpg
― Nicole, Thursday, 17 January 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
BLAMMO
― El Tomboto, Friday, 18 January 2008 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, tomorrow I sell my mutual fund. It made me 80% last year and is now tanking like a barrel full of tanked monkeys.
ILX follow my lead!
― brownie, Friday, 18 January 2008 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm too wet behind the ear in that dept - i have to ride this bitch out.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
economy is better than ever
― burt_stanton, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
took a $400+ bath on the 401k this quarter... will be moving to under-the-mattress option later today.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm starting to think a savings account is a better investment than either a mutual fund or a house
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
savings in which currency?
― Alex in Denver, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
good point
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
my savings account pays about half of inflation
― Hurting 2, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/squeezethatmoneybrother.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 January 2008 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
In the current climate there is no safe haven for your money.
The safest investments will be those which have immediate practical value to you personally: tools, practical clothes and shoes, acquiring a valuable skill - that sort of thing. The perfecta would be a tool that you would use for yourself, is not common, and could conceivably be turned into a small side business to earn a few bucks.
The riskiest will be those where you have no firsthand knowledge or experience, the "Argentinian Railway Bonds are a sure bet" or "the Thai auto industry is going to be the next big thing" kind of investment.
― Aimless, Monday, 21 January 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
The best investment of all is yourself. Skills
― Alex in Denver, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Sometimes a skill is rather forlorn without the tools to make it go.
― Aimless, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
an interesting chart from our friends at calculated risk:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_pMscxxELHEg/R5TbFlX1msI/AAAAAAAABfk/WCQnqA1I_5A/s1600/SP500MonthlyCloseChange.jpg
― Eisbaer, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
and for the REALLY antsy ILXors, the same chart from the Great Depression through today:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_pMscxxELHEg/R5TrdVX1mtI/AAAAAAAABfs/vqPdabZ5Or4/s1600/DOWCloseMax.jpg
― Eisbaer, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
blogspot do not allow hotlinking bro
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
SQUEEZE THAT MONEY BRO
bernanke needs to start saying bro
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
my bad!
Bear Markets and Recessions -- check out the charts.
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
at any rate, tomorrow (1/22/08) may be very interesting indeed.
or, if y'all prefer, a visual representation:
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/spinnerau1/Snopes/Wet_roller_coaster.jpg
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
b/c this threads needs some MORE indices to watch plummet in real time:
http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_n225
http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_hsi
http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_ftse
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the existence of "stock market futures" -- I think we should start a stock futures futures market so we can get even further ahead of the curve
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:51 (sixteen years ago) link
mo' futures index porn:
http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EFTSE/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110
http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EGDAXI/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110
http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EFCHI/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 05:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I think we should start a stock futures futures market so we can get even further ahead of the curve
until eventually the market foresees its own death and goes on a long drinking binge.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:17 (sixteen years ago) link
stock market futures futures is called "the stock market"
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:18 (sixteen years ago) link
everyone should strike and invest in paint
― Arms, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:20 (sixteen years ago) link
emergency rate cut?
― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 09:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Invest in pumpkins now and cash up big in...October?
― King Boy Pato, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 10:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Gosh:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Fed-Interest-Rates.html?hp
― toby, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
ok thats INSANE. everyone to the bunkers
― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:32 (sixteen years ago) link
man the lifeboats!
― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
here they come!
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/853/VRWCBlackHelicopters.jpg
― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
-- laxalt, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:33 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link
damn, son.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Alright! Here comes the "petroeuro," £1=$3, massive inflation.
― Dickerson Pike, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
so it's futures all the way down!
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
no wonder we're fucked!
the fed reminds me of bubbles from 'the wire' right now.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
By June, Bush's $500 tax rebate will only buy a pack of 'ports and 40 oz of St Ides
― Dickerson Pike, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a228/mortaljive/Extra%20Images/normal_dr_strangelove.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link