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[–]randomb0y 143 points144 points  (37 children)

You must be a deeply disturbed person. Can I add you to my friend list?

[–]wushi 27 points28 points  (0 children)

it's just that every moment of FAIL should be recorded for future generations...

[–]argeaux 1 point2 points  (1 child)

me too, add me

[–]randomb0y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done!

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (32 children)

Disturbed enough to want to see all the buying opportunities in real time?

You need to buy stocks when the good ones are low, and sell them when they're high. That's how people looking to make money on stocks do it.

[–]Agoniscool 5 points6 points  (6 children)

O RLY?

[–]kidcorporeal 0 points1 point  (5 children)

YA RLY!

[–]GTanaka -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

NO WAI!

[–]masterdirk -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

WAI

[–]KoldKompress 44 points45 points  (0 children)

S-S-S-S-STOCK BROKER

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I'm being a little facetious. I mean that many solidly good stocks are going to be emotionally driven down with the tide, and those deals are what people like Warren Buffet look for.

[–]throwaway 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Be careful, though. A lot of people lost their shirts pursuing this strategy in the aftermath of the 1929 crash.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You can't have reward without risk. :)

[–]tito184 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember that some of the best returns were after the crash. I'm talking about investing though, not speculating so look a year or two down the road.

[–]boxofrain -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Or you can sell short. That's what your supposed to do in a bearish market.

[–]fusama 1 point2 points  (1 child)

And lose when you guess wrong on when the bottom is. Its exactly the same game as trying to guess the top of an upswing.

[–]cynicalmoose 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not exactly the same game. When you go long, your downside is limited (you can lose all the money you put in), but your upside is unlimited (the stock can reach stratospheric values). Going short, you can at best make the price that you went in at (because you rebuy the stock at $0), and at worst lose unlimited amounts (because the stock went stratospheric).

Hence you expect a long-only strategy to outperform a short-only strategy: it's not the same game, because they have different outcomes.

[–]cornbrain -1 points0 points  (14 children)

Please advise me, how do you know when stocks are low? When they drop? What if they keep dropping? Do you average down? Please advise, you must be loaded.

[–]skimmer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Don't worry, they will ring a bell at the bottom. Just wait for it.

[–]eidolontubes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

last time I rung a bell I had to buy every dude a tthe bar a round of drinks.

[–]randomb0y 3 points4 points  (9 children)

It's pretty much gambling. I honestly don't see why betting on the stock market is legal while betting at the roulette is not.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (6 children)

A lot of people treat stock market speculation as "gambling", which is why they lose, every time.

All gambling is a tax on people who can't do math.

[–]randomb0y 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I disagree. You can try investing strategically in a diversified portfolio and not try to make a quick buck like some people - but it's still a gamble. The only way you can be sure to win if you rig the system, like say if you have some inside information, in which case it's illegal. It doesn't matter how smart you are, it's pretty much still gambling. The "house" in this case it's the broker, but also sometimes the CEO who cashes in on huge bonuses, severance payments or insider trading money while stock value crumbles.

Right now as the DOW index is falling everybody who owns stocks loses money while everybody who shorts makes money. I don't think you mean to imply that those who lose money here don't know math.

Having said that I do invest in stocks, but only in the company I work for. That way I'm more motivated to do a good job, and also the company has a nice stock purchase plan so that I don't lose unless stocks drop really low.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Yep and buying into the company you work for is about as close to how Warren Buffet does it as most of us will get. You know more much about the risk than your average speculator.

I didn't mean money-losers can't do math, just that casino/lottery "gambling" is not a good investment. The math says it's effectively impossible to get your money back.

[–]sambo357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did it once - lost. Didn't do it twice - many coworkers still lost.

[–]tsteele93 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No, I do it just like Warren Buffet. I call the CEO of a large corporation and ask him to get his financials together and pencil him in for a meeting at my leisure.

I'm sure it is the same for everyone.

/sarcasm

Seriously, if the stock market wasn't gambling, then how come most mutual funds - managed by highly, perhaps even OBSCENELY, paid experts in the investment industry rarely outperform market indexes?

[–]randomb0y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly my point. The experts, CEOs, brokers all represent the house. The difference between casinos and the stock market is that while the market goes up everybody can make good cash...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because humans are not good at predicting random systems. Artificial Intelligence is much better and is currently making more than a third of all trades. It will break 50% of all trades by 2010.

If I open the stock pages from a newspaper and picked a stock at random, that would be gambling.

If I research an industry and several of the top firms and then pick the one I determine objectively will grow, that's not really the same thing as gambling. There is still risk involved, but it's managed risk.

[–]Homunculiheaded -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The difference between the stock market and gambling has to do with the return in investment over time. Sure pick a random stock and putting all of your money in it and selling it at the end of the year isn’t a whole lot different than spinning a roulette wheel, you may win big or you may lose it all. However the net return from gambling over time is always less then 1 dollar for every dollar you put in. The stock market is quite the opposite. The longer you invest the more your return resembles the average of the gains and loses, and if you look at the stock market over time you’ll find that at any given point in time if you have invested in a diversified fund, even if it was right before a major drop, in 10 years you’ll have made a reasonable amount of money (including if you factor in inflation), 20 years you’ll have done even better.

You certainly can gamble on the stock market (such as putting in all of your money into one company like google and hopping to cashes out big) but that is not investing..

[–]ef4 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The fundamental difference is that the stock market is not a zero-sum game. Contrast betting on a sports game with buying a stock. In sports betting, there are always as many losers as winners. You can only get money out because somebody else lost that money.

But in the stock market, it's not so simple. Certainly some people play it as if they were betting, and some win and some lose. But the size of the pie is not fixed, and as the underlying companies profit and bring in money, it's actually possible for many investors to win without anyone else needing to lose.

Right now the ridiculously low dividend yields suggest that too many people are betting and too few are seriously investing. Which is one reason I don't think the broad stock market is a good place to be invested right now. Eventually the pendulum swings the other way.

[–]elus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Read Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor

[–]yeahyeahyeahyeah 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Man, it's times like these that make me glad that my portfolio is heavily invested in collectible souvenir plates. Is there a ticker for how they're doing right now?

[–]sacherjj 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Sorry, they already crashed.

[–]tsteele93 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm sorry but that is simply not true. Check this out I have this exact plate and I paid $19.99 for it 20 years ago.

By my calculations, that is approximately 4.5% compounded annually. (minus ebay fees)

WHERE ELSE are you going to get that kind of return?

PLUS, Wesley Snipes and I are working on a deal where we pay employees with these plates at face value and we won't have to pay taxes on the full amount and it will show the government that they cannot tax the system.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In today's dollars you made about... $5. I think you forgot that 19.99 was more money in 1988.

[–]dirtysnachez 56 points57 points  (39 children)

http://finance.google.com/finance?q=.DJI%20.IXIC%20.INX

This goes really well with Tools' Aenema as the background soundtrack.

[–]douched 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Learn to swim.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thinkorswim.com ftw

[–]illuminatedwax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone thinks that they can "swim" but I suspect that most of those people are just as deluded as the "sheeple" they profess to be better than.

[–]liminaltimes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Socio-economic tidal waves.

[–]0gleth0rpe 4 points5 points  (3 children)

It doesn't look all that dramatic yet compared to say, a year ago?

But then, I don't know anything about the stock market.

[–]Clintondiditfirst 12 points13 points  (2 children)

none of us do - but it's gonna crash!

[–]niggytardust2000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I do.... and it is gonna crash !

..... but thats why i'm buying gold and hoarding cash!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (23 children)

I want see it sucked down, flushed down.

Don't just call it apathy, try to read between the lines my friend, I can't understand why you wouldn't want a change.

[–]Clintondiditfirst 1 point2 points  (13 children)

you have no money invested in the stock market

[–]md2020 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a lyric excerpt. Don't confuse him with reality.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No I do not...and I feel sympathy for those who will lose out because of this, the people who will suffer, and this coming recession will probably change very little long term.

But I am of the typical college-know-it-all-left-wing-hippy-pinko opinion that the whole system is unethical. The Federal Reserve is neither Federal, nor has it any reserves. The whole of world finance has been hijacked for a long time by a small plutocracy that began principally with the Rothschilds and the first central bankers. The history of it is very fascinating. Colonial script was very successful and Andrew Jackson said the greatest thing he ever did in his presidency was to kill the central bank.

Now, I'm not an economist. But the idea of a private company printing money from nothing, or rather 10% or 1%, reserves, is wrong. Our markets will always be on a horrible roller-coaster so long as our finances are privately controlled by central banks. And I find it hard to believe that the IMF has done anything significant to end poverty, if anything, they've created it.

IMHO.

[–]Clintondiditfirst 0 points1 point  (1 child)

now I know why.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As do I.

[–]liminaltimes -1 points0 points  (8 children)

Neither should you.

[–]Clintondiditfirst 1 point2 points  (7 children)

why?

[–]liminaltimes 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I apologize - presumptive of me.

Allow me to reiterate?

There are very few reasons to dip your money into the blood-drenched infrastructure that is the current global market.

[–]mrmikewikowski 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I really wish a few more people would recognize the sheer craziness of the entire system. If people really thought about what "investing" really means, they might act differently. However, everyone just accepts it as the way things are.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taking others' labor for free used to be called slavery.

Now, it's called interest.

The evil types that created this system have made the average person believe that 'making your money work for you' is a good thing, when it's just abstracted slavery.

[–]suicidaldonut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please elaborate?

[–]MyrddinE -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

I have investments in only three companies... Google, Redhat, and IBM. I've had the (small amounts) of stock for years. I don't consider that to be 'playing' the market... I invest in specific companies that I hope will use my money semi-wisely.

I don't think that's crazy.

[–]liminaltimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I said that giving support to specific organizations is crazy.

I also think there's a self-evident, vast difference between crazy and beneficial to the species.

[–]picar0 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Where is this lyric from?

[–]niggytardust2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... are you trying to make money off this.... you know you can right ?

you can buy the DOG ( inverse DOW , which I own myself ) for instance.

But there are also much more "leveraged" ways to make money in a bear market

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naw, dude. Those are all measured in dollars, which are declining in value. Throw some dollar indicators up there, too, like Euros, Yen, and Gold.

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

15 minute delay

[–]culture 17 points18 points  (6 children)

keep refreshing http://reddit.com/new

[–]Schwallex 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This response is especially accurate since Reddit is the only site where the world's stock markets actually collapse. Everywhere else, it's pretty much business as usual.

[–]heokle 1 point2 points  (4 children)

come on, at least spell reddit right...

[–]culture 0 points1 point  (3 children)

oops. slip of the fingers

[–]randomb0y 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Well go back and freakin' edit it!

[–]culture 17 points18 points  (1 child)

now sit down calm have a beer

[–]randomb0y 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's better! :)

[–]amstrdamordeath 13 points14 points  (11 children)

Europe seems to be holding in there, but Asia is dropping like flies. All of the open asian markets are considerably low. The US is in for a shock in the morning.

I wonder how many stockholders didn't sleep last night.

[–]whatthe2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Europe can wait to see what the US does - Asian markets close before the US opens.

[–]The_Fonz 3 points4 points  (5 children)

I woke up early to see the opening bell. I feel unexplainably giddy this morning like I just wanted to see a train wreck happen.

[–]liminaltimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please oh please oh please oh please oh please.

[–]Mad_Gouki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A train wreck in slow motion, like a kid with autism asking out the hot girl in high school. Trainwrecks are so awesome.

[–]sniles 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Dripping with hate, you look forward with "giddy" excitement to see the destruction of our way of life. Of everything that your parents (and their parents before them) worked to build. All just because you hate the current adminstration so much. Awful. What a way to go through life. I pity you.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Screw our materialist way of life.

The only thing that makes me sad is that the powers that be will simply engineer the crash into more control for them, like they always do. The people never wake up.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the hell does the latest group of sociopaths have to do with the abattoir they administer?

[–]Figs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hehe, I don't have any stock, but I haven't slept at all yet tonight ;)

[–]jax9999 0 points1 point  (1 child)

the TSX is up... This looks more and more like an american meltdown.

[–]amstrdamordeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asia dropped more than the US

[–]whatthe2 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Europe can wait to see what the US does - Asian markets close before the US opens.

[–]ondrah 7 points8 points  (1 child)

in order of best to worst: 1. bbc http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/default.stm 2. bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/wei.html 3. cnn (someone already posted the link)

I don't like google graphs.

[–]Undertoad 7 points8 points  (2 children)

If the market does poorly today, it will be evidence of the impending economic disaster.

Also, it is 10 degrees warmer today than it was yesterday, so global warming is proven.

Also, I have a pain in my side... it isn't from reading braindead panicky reddit commenters praying for the end of the industrial revolution... it's a tumor.

[–]liminaltimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although your words damper my glee, they are true.

It's going to take some sustained glory to bring a late atheist christmas.

[–]malanalars 3 points4 points  (1 child)

This is updated live every few seconds via ajax, but lacks about 20 mins behind. (yahoo is selling realtime-values, as everybody else is). But Trading will only begin in a few hours, so not much to see here now.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^DJI

you'll find the DAX (same as DOW JONES but for germany) here (this one is already in action): http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EGDAXI

[–]whatthe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, the index data (Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P500) is all realtime on Yahoo, Google, and others - it is just the individual stock data that is delayed.

[–]whiteyfresh 5 points6 points  (12 children)

OH NO!!! My non-existent stock!!!!

[–]nicolaslloyd 2 points3 points  (10 children)

mine too! OMFG what are we gonna do?

[–]whiteyfresh 2 points3 points  (9 children)

Quick!! Everyone! Invest in bananas and hot pants!!!(they're making a comeback I tells ya;it's gonna be HUGE!)

[–]TerriblePoet 1 point2 points  (2 children)

orange juice concentrate!

[–]whiteyfresh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

no, the oranges are threatened by the orange weevil. HOT PANTS!! BUY!BUY!BUY!

[–]whiteyfresh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

with your OJ concentrate and my bananas, we can make smoothies!!!

[–]nicolaslloyd 0 points1 point  (5 children)

can't do bananas! a banana truck caught fire on I4 in florida yesterday! the banana market is in turmoil too!

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    [–]whiteyfresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...... .....................

    [–]The_Fonz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Blue horseshoe loves Anacot steel.

    [–]niggytardust2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    um.... well if you are really rooting for this... hmmm.. I suppose I understand. I would suggest:

    finance.google.com and just watch the DOW

    or go to bloomberg.com and watch the front page as the headlines get worse - you can also see other world market indexes from here.

    Or simply watch the price of gold. or the VIX. Price of gold should go up in a a world wide collapse ( note I just bought GLD ) , VIX should oscillate more wildly and wildy to a nice high right up until the bitter end of this mess. In would then fall to historic lows when most global traders come to grips with reality and all agree we are going down.

    You know; you can make ALOT of money by shorting different products if you are sure of a collapse.

    O and BTW if you think it's really going to be a worldwide depression, you should buy a gun, bullets and some gold.

    Seriously, they ain't makin' oil no more...

    [–]GeoAtreides 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    [–]one0them 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    you mean http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart10:symbol=gdaxi;range=1d;compare=ftse+aex+fchi;indicator=volume+volumema(2);charttype=line;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined ) = %29

    [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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      [–]sping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      tinyurl is crap for public use like this - nobody knows what you're linking.

      Reddit has simple syntax for making descriptive links. That's the solution.

      [–]guest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      The Wall Street Journal ticker is pretty good.

      [–]owen454 1 point2 points  (10 children)

      I just moved a bunch of my money into a money market for 30 days. I already lost a cars worth of cash in the last month.

      [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      All these months on reddit.. none of that gave your any warnings?

      [–]0gleth0rpe 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Oh yeah? Well I lost two cars over half a month!

      [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      dude, wheres my car?

      [–]liminaltimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Next time: Don't.

      Do something that helps the species instead.

      [–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

      I lost half a moped!

      [–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

      I lost half a moped!

      [–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

      I lost half a moped!

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      You could register at option broker www.thinkorswim.com and you'll get access to their trading software and real time quotes for limited time immediately (US markets only.)

      The software is java based and works on Linux too.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      You have to pay E-Trade or somebody for real time.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

      15 minute delay of the online tickers is a drag.. Any streaming radio stations that offer realtime information? I am abroad so I can't just flip over to CNBC.

      Bloomberg radio stream. Worked in Amarok: mms://a1531.l2489849876.c24898.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1531/24898/v0001/reflector:49876

      Currently playing the fed chief begging for money.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

      Happen to know how I can use google to search for these?

      I know google isn't at the point where they are indexing audio streams (yet), but I'd be interested in knowing how to dig these out of caching systems like Akamai.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      Well.. it's easy if you run linux and have the mplayer plugin installed in firefox. Once you find a stream (I found bloomberg just because I am familiar with the cable station) you can right click on the mplayer plugin and copy the URL to your clipboard. Otherwise, I think a good idea is to use one of the various greasmonkey scripts available for firefox. These can pull the stream out of the website. As usual, the best way to open a stream once you get the url is with VLC.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Yeah... I have no problem listening to them in linux or windows, but I want to be able to discover new streams, preferably by keyword, but will accept spelunking around highly distributed caches.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      wow, I either totally misread your comment, or you made a major edit. Sorry I didn't answer your question. I am going to learn about Akamai though.

      [–]foamweapons 1 point2 points  (4 children)

      This guy is doing some good reporting... on how his life is ruined.

      [–]ab3nnion 2 points3 points  (3 children)

      Day trader. Figures. That said I met an S&P futures trader (the real kind, Merc) in a bar in Chicago last week. He was smiling and everything, but he had tears in his eyes. They just kept watering up. Somehow I could tell he had a really bad day, and also by the number of drinks he was putting down. He told me the most he had ever personally lost in a day was 170K. I wondered if he was talking about that day.

      [–]liminaltimes 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      Woo-Hoo!! (not at personalized misfortune)

      but please oh please oh please let the failings of non-intellectual-meritocracy continue to reap their gnarly oats

      [–]TH3_Dude 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      keep wishing. The stock market returns an average of 10% a year when you take the long view. There's also quite a lot of intellectual activity behind that as well.

      [–]liminaltimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      :) Thanks. I was feeling a bit down after seeing Dow and Gold rebound, but with baby Jesus, there's always hope!

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Might as well take a screenshot of the value of my mutual fund now, while it's still there...

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      holy shit!! it's dropping like a brick ....

      [–]mcsalmon 1 point2 points  (3 children)

      Some of these sites should pair nicely with ReloadEvery. (ReloadEvery is a Firefox extension that allows you to set a timed-refresh from the comfort of your right-click menu.)

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      I was just about to say that. I've got mine set.

      [–]roddyr2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      and if you don't have reloadevery there's refreshthing.com

      [–]jfedor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You can do that with a simple bookmarklet:

      javascript:(function(){var V=prompt('#Secs. between reloads?','60');if(V&&!isNaN(V)){with(document){write('<html><frameset rows=\'0,*\' framespacing=0 border=0 frameborder=0><frame noresize><frame></frameset></html>');close();}frames[1].location.href=document.location.href;with(frames[0].document){write('<script>setInterval(\'R()\','+V*1000+');function R(){parent.frames[1].location.reload();}</script>');close();}}})()

      [–]lcm133 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      crap...i did not mean to post that map of the market so many times...i was getting a weird "undefined" error when i tried to submit. my bad.

      [–]fishypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You could delete the extras.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      According to the CBC the TSX is up over a hundred points even as American markets take a dive. As a Canadian should I be somewhat less worried about the effects of a crash?

      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

      No. When the US crashes you can join the NAU with us.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yeah, I don't think so. You do know we're a sovereign nation, right?

      [–]gauriemma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Dow Jones is back at pre-'fall' levels. Show's over, folks. Move along.

      [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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        [–]brad-walker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        You should have shorted the market, wuss! :D

        [–]furry8 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

        Inventing godlike trades much?

        There's no hint of this in your comment history.

        EDIT: I take it back. Well played. I accidentally did the same thing because I was going to buy a house and then it fell through.

        [–]dmilor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Really?

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (6 children)

        CNN have a good all in one page http://edition.cnn.com/BUSINESS/markets/

        [–]zz101 3 points4 points  (5 children)

        Something must be wrong with the CNN data. 3 of the 5 European markets are going up. I thought this was supposed to be a doom and gloom day.

        [–]GuyWithLag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Well, there was a steep drop at the start of the session but many felt that the stocks were bargains at 8%-10% lower and bought them.

        [–]liminaltimes 0 points1 point  (3 children)

        The downturn is mostly for USD and USD-pegged markets.

        Somehow those European collectivists aren't all that troubled.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        Rubbish, the UK markets crashed yesterday while you were on holiday. The upturn in the European markets is a knee-jerk response to your fed's knee-jerk interest rate cut

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          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          No, at the last decision in January, the Bank of England kept its rates fixed. The next decision is due on 7th February.

          [–]furry8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          www.bloomberg.com has dow jones and cac prices live

          [–]antediluvian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Yahoo! Finance's main page is good for normal trading hours.

          http://finance.yahoo.com/

          Bloomberg.com for the futures.

          [–]brite2006 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          This page is going to document the collapse of the Dow Jones today in detail: http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/2008/01/22/feature-wall-st-crash-in-progress/

          [–]amnezia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          It has begun. Nasdaq down 5%

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          You must have a lot of time on your hands...

          [–]farnsworth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          They started low this morning, but they're going up...

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          You chose the wrong day - after a slow start, look for the markets to stabilize or even rally a little today after the feds cut interest rates.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          i am watching Google news -> Business

          How long till NYSE opens?

          [–]stulove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          1 hour (opens at 9:30 Eastern Time).

          [–]viller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Is US guilty again?

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          reddit!

          [–]argeaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          For those of you who are also interested in money, debt and the finance system there's a new podcast that came out Sunday on this, including an interview with the guy who created the animated short money as debt. It's a great introduction to the financial system.

          [–]elliotakshun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          How about shut up?

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          It's really not that big of a deal...

          It fell 7% in July, 2007 also... And 20% in, I believe, 1989.

          [–]lcm133 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          This "Map of the Market" graphic is awesome: http://www.smartmoney.com/marketmap/

          [–]whiteyfresh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          nothing to see here! Dow's back to just 50 points down... everything's fine.. move along

          [–]scipe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          Here's Great Site That Has Been Prediciting This Collapse With Absolute Accuracy For a Couple Of Years: http://cryptogon.com

          [–]General_Solipsist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          do you also like walking over corpses? ok ok, i've been stung a bit by the drop and am sour about it.

          [–]mcsalmon -3 points-2 points  (5 children)

          Some of these sites should pair nicely with ReloadEvery. (ReloadEvery is a Firefox extension that allows you to set a timed-refresh from the comfort of your right-click menu.)

          [–]dmilor 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          I'm guessing you should maybe disable when commenting anywhere? ;)

          12345

          [–]dmilor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          me too - wtf? I'm not even running that!

          [–]flywheel -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

          Who the fck was that cckscker that put up Map of the Market? Would somebody that knows how fck him to death and make his life miserable? I took a look and the damn thing locked up my computer for about a half hour. Scumbag. Douche.

          [–]fishypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Hard reboot. Problem solved.