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COMMENTS ( 14 ) Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next >> + Add Comment Sort By Newest First Threaded Highest Rated Oldest First Newest First Ultraz2 2:04AM May 22 2010 WALLSTREET doesn't need calculus to determine where the DOW is going. All wallstreet needs to do is report the truth. The USA is in a super recession and the DOW should be at about 3500 to 4500 right now. And thats based on our current recession without bringing international bad news into the mix. Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) Sarah56123 12:06AM May 22 2010 Another reason for me to not have offered what was expected:) Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) Sarah56123 12:04AM May 22 2010 I wonder how many people were buying stock before women started working. As I recall, the ones who had it in the past before women worked were given it by their employer. Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) SeanLean 11:00PM May 21 2010 The Amazing Adventures of the Ponsi on the Potomac Kommission !!!!....................."¦"¦"¦"¦"¦in misaligned 3D by MyopiaVisionYou've read the book, NOW see the blockbuster movie!Thrill! As the national debt skyrockets past the absurdosphere and into unknown astronomical dimensions!Cheer! As the Kommission spends MORE money in a few short years than ALL administrations have spent in the past 200 years!Weep! As the Kommission runs out of money!Gasp! As the Kommission just prints more and more money and spends it all before the ink is dry!Shudder! As the Kommission does absolutely nothing about unemployment, the economy, national security, energy, crime, and dozens of important issues!Starring: "¦"¦"¦"¦"¦Alfred E. Neuman as Prez Obozo"¦"¦"¦"¦"¦Phyllis Diller as VPrez Biden"¦"¦"¦"¦"¦Elmer Fudd as Barney Frank"¦"¦"¦"¦"¦The Wicked Witch of the East as Nancy Pelosi"¦"¦"¦"¦"¦Skeletor as Arlen Specter"¦"¦"¦"¦"¦Pinocchio as Chris Dodd "¦"¦"¦"¦"¦and a cast of thousands!!!Don't delay! "¦"¦..See it today!. Reply Rate This Comment (1 RATINGS) MiserblOF 8:46PM May 21 2010 BUT IT IS TRUE!LOL aol is censoring through the looking glass. Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) MiserblOF 8:46PM May 21 2010 B*U*********** got censored.. yep, "********.." Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) MiserblOF 8:45PM May 21 2010 ******** true. You don't make money unless you buy when others are selling and sell when others are buying. But these are also the times of most risk.. Nobody KNOWS if we are in a great buying opportunity right now or a potential patch of quicksand. Some people will make money out of it, one way or the other, and if they are smart, will thank the heavens.. if they're just lucky, they'll, of course, claim they were smart.. Reply Rate This Comment (1 RATINGS) BDYFTNS 8:34PM May 21 2010 JBLUHM wrote...'There are great risks in the markets and great opportunity." Way to stick your neck out. lol. Reply Rate This Comment (1 RATINGS) ERink91321 8:28PM May 21 2010 I have been informed that what happened today was Government institutions flooding the markets with IOus, late this afternoon, as other investors were pulling out. Also, there is much talk of Financial Reform Laws lifting the markets. That is Premature thinking. The Law does not take effect untill after July and there Will be Many Challanges to it before then. It will Not look the same as it does now Reply Rate This Comment (0 RATINGS) JBLUHM1951 7:51PM May 21 2010 /There is great risk in the markets and great opportunity. Once countries realize they cannot keep spending and expanding government the economies will improve, at least for awhile. Soon or later many countries will have severe problems. There are too many who want something for nothing and feel someone else should give them what they want. Reply Rate This Comment (2 RATINGS) Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next >> GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? YOU'LL BE ASKED TO REGISTER OR SIGN IN BEFORE POSTING A COMMENT. Make a Comment Comment Type your comment here Reset Cancel Next:confirm Post Reply! Can't see this image? 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