Anyone up to see a Mets game next week either Monday or Wednesday?

Drop down to 130?

"The global credit crisis and the ensuing economic slump we are now entering have both ultimate and proximate causes. The ultimate cause was the ingrained social behavior of the U.S., the U.K. and many other economies over the past two decades that put instant gratification of consumption over the ability to pay for it. Thrift gave way to borrowing ( Read more... )

Story link.Basically, Bernard Madoff ran a giant Ponzi scheme; in which a bunch of individuals, (and some companies, including the Mets) invested with him. Their total loss is thought to be $50 billion. There's probably a bunch of individuals with a significant amount of their assets invested with him ( Read more... )

And I've still got 4 weeks to go? Think I can make it to NJ and push it to 16?
MA, NY, PA, MD, DE, VA, OH, IN, IL, MO, CO, WY, SD, NE, and MN.

In the past 10 years, we've had quite a few market implosions, from mortgage and internet to the crash caused by Long-Term Capital Management and all the emerging market crashes. It seems like we need better crash planning.

I just posted a question on Facebook, but I'm expanding it here. Beta is the expected return of a stock correlated to the return of the financial market. So stocks with low Beta's outperform the market in down periods, but under perform in up periods. The problem I see is that this is averages. Assuming a graph with individual stock return on ( Read more... )

I'm assuming that the contents also serve the purpose of letting America know where he's heading and asking we help him go there. To that end, seeing as I don't know exactly where he's heading, this is my takeaway from his speech. Even though I'm sure you know it, I'm posting it here to share the republican interpretation.
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Quick observation... This is the 'buy low' part of the mantra; "Buy low, sell high".

I have no patience. I hold off watching TV shows (like Hero's, Lost or Enterprise) until they're close to finishing since I can't STAND waiting for the conclusion. Along that vein, I can't wait to see what happens with Wachovia. Will it be bought by Citi, or by Wells Fargo? Will Citi come close to winning in it's demand of $60 billion for ( Read more... )