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  • Originally posted by LL2
    I made the mistake today of looking at our portfolio...it's down 34% for the year!
    "These are the times that try men's souls" - Thomas Paine

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    • Things will be back.

      Anybody in it for the long haul will be OK.

      Of course, that's assuming we don't have repeats of 9/11, possibly radiological or even nuclear. And the way the polls are trending right now, chances of that are getting a lot more likely.
      What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?

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      • Originally posted by texaspackerbacker
        Things will be back.
        You sure?

        With the Dems possibly controlling the House, the Senate, and the Presidency?

        That's a recipe for unchecked social engineering and wealth redistribution.

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        • I have no money to begin with.
          "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings

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          • Originally posted by Kiwon
            Originally posted by texaspackerbacker
            Things will be back.
            You sure?

            With the Dems possibly controlling the House, the Senate, and the Presidency?

            That's a recipe for unchecked social engineering and wealth redistribution.
            The FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ECONOMY ARE SOUND. McCain had that part right, and he should have expanded and defended that statement.

            I say again, the ONLY thing that will FUNDAMENTALLY HARM the economy is some unthinkable event like 9/11--and THAT is infinitely MORE likely if the candidate gets in who has OPPOSED all of the factors that have successfully prevented that sort of thing up to now.
            What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?

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            • I sold short at the start of Monday's trading, then went long when the market was down almost 800. I made at least 35K in one day. I'm headed to a spa in CA to redistribute my wealth!
              "Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck

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              • Originally posted by mraynrand
                I sold short at the start of Monday's trading, then went long when the market was down almost 800. I made at least 35K in one day. I'm headed to a spa in CA to redistribute my wealth!
                Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!

                Good job!

                I'm 15 hours ahead of you and unfortunately require sleep time to time. I can't watch the markets closely in real-time. Great work catching the wave!

                35K in one day. That's a day to remember. Excellent!

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                • Iceland was going to be my fall back country.......now Russia is buying them out. Maybe Croatia, I think they understand freedom, as they recently didn't have it.

                  After lunch the players lounged about the hotel patio watching the surf fling white plumes high against the darkening sky. Clouds were piling up in the west… Vince Lombardi frowned.

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                  • Originally posted by HowardRoark
                    Iceland was going to be my fall back country.......now Russia is buying them out. Maybe Croatia, I think they understand freedom, as they recently didn't have it.


                    "I don't like Croatia."
                    "Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck

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                    • Originally posted by HowardRoark
                      Iceland was going to be my fall back country.......now Russia is buying them out. Maybe Croatia, I think they understand freedom, as they recently didn't have it.

                      I don't get it. What's in Iceland that is attractive to you?

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                      • The blue lagoon is a place to visit.....Iceland is hosed ATM though.

                        I sold some more gold after the climb this week and dumped it back into large/mid cap that had plummeted. We'll see how it works out long term.....should be a great move though.
                        C.H.U.D.

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                        • So THAT's what I can do with the ex's ring...
                          "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings

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                          • Have we hit bottom yet?

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                            • Originally posted by LL2
                              Have we hit bottom yet?
                              I don't think Soros has made up his mind yet.
                              "Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck

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                              • Originally posted by mraynrand
                                Originally posted by LL2
                                Have we hit bottom yet?
                                I don't think Soros has made up his mind yet.
                                "Look. We have to act. We immediately need $1 trillion in emergency funding in order to avoid a global collapse of the equity markets."

                                Wasn't that about a week ago before the global collapse of the equity markets?

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