I am more worried about the state of employment in this country. I graduate college in two years and feel like I will be screwed. Currently less than 45% of college graduates are able to get jobs in their fields of study, and that number decreases every year. If the number of unemployed continues to rise, I would expect the stock market to tank eventually as a response, though.

My father sold his stocks less than a week before it started nose diving last year. Had he not done that he would have lost over $14,000 of the $20,000 he had gained from them.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

More bleeding expected on the DOW today as the jobless report hits at the bell.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

I'd never found an acceptable reason to post one of these...until now

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European countries with deficits... EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH DEFICITS?!?!?

Just goes to show that the USA is #1 in everything.

Ham

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January's employment report showed 20,000 more lost jobs, and the market has responded with another bloodletting. At the moment, the DOW is down roughly 140 points on the day and falling fast.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

eh, its down 109 now. bad, but a rebound from when ETC reported, at least.

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holy shit, the dow rebounded nicely!

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Wow...it shot up like a rocket here just before the bell. Down just over 30 points as I type.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

You'll drive yourself crazy if you watch the Dow day to day, let alone hour to hour.

Ham

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it was down 2 points like 3 seconds ago, ETC!

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What an incredibly volatile day. It's now up 6 points.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

Up 13 points...

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

6 points! I'm rich!

Ham

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up 16 points...

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

As I said in my previous post. When they look at bank regulation in the proper light, they will see stability. No word is bigger in the investment community than stability.

"they" who?

and there is a word bigger than stability....growth.

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They meaning investors.

...and growth can come in two ways, volatile or stable. No investor likes to see a wobbly market. A nice smooth up slope please.

nice to see the numbers in the green going into the weekend.

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Actually, daz, if the volatile growth has a larger annual rate of return on average, then aggressive investors would favor that over the more stable, yet slower, growth. It's all about your personal investment outlook.

Ham

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