Entries Tagged as 'markets'

Friday the 13th: S&P Slashes Credit Ratings

January 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments · breaking news, Currencies, fail, loller euro, markets

On Friday the 13th, the S&P slashes the credit ratings of 5 European countries. Is Jason Voorhees the new head of the S&P?

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So This Happened…

September 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · bartertown, loller euro, markets

A ray of sunshine appeared on the BBC yesterday and made a case that the Eurozone rescue plan will fix everything, except he really did the opposite of that and Europe is going to go full Bartertown within a year.  

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Epic DOW Drop Is Epic – You See What Happens?

August 8th, 2011 · 5 Comments · breaking news, cnbc, fail, jim cramer, markets

Remember when the DOW dropped 500 points last Thursday? Remember when “people” were saying “Hey, there, kid! It’s a tremendous buying opportunity! Oversold!! Buy the dip!!” Well, I really hope you didn’t listen. Because falling knives are really sharp. Since the United States got downgraded Friday by S&P from AAA to AA+, things have taken [...]

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Hope You Didn’t Get Too Excited Yesterday

August 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · fail, markets

It’s my birthday, but I guess I should give up hope of anyone buying me any drinks or getting any presents, given this bloodbath. Now that the dust has settled, it looks like the DOW is down over five hundred points, with fail of similiar magnitude in the Nasdaq and S+P. What happened today? Interventions [...]

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Bernanke: Gold Isn’t Money, Gold Is Tradition

July 13th, 2011 · 21 Comments · all ur bankz, bailout, bernanke, breaking news, commodities, fail, markets

Ben Bernanke tells Ron Paul that gold isn’t money, gold is tradition.

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