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Previously on "Black Monday"

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  • Cowboy Bob
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    Originally posted by Iron Condor View Post
    If the market goes through the floor you wont have a job either..
    I doubt that very much...

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  • Bumfluff
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    Im thinking about getting a canoe

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  • Alf W
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    They plead with him
    Alf - can you spare a dime
    - But I aint got the time
    Oh I can spare a dime today. What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful day!

    KER-CHINGGG!

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  • IR35 Avoider
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    Thought I was going to be moving into shares for the first time in 10 years today. I just needed the SP500 index to fall 35 points lower than it did for my strategy to trigger a switch of 50% of my funds from property to shares.

    Oh well, it may still happen.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Denny View Post
    That's one of the great things about being poor. You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

    unless you are in the USA when you could move to underclass...

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  • Denny
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    That's one of the great things about being poor. You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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  • Iron Condor
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    Originally posted by Cowboy Bob View Post
    Why should I give a fsck? I don't have a mortgage. I don't hold any shares. I don't have a pension. The markets can go through the floor for all I care.

    If the market goes through the floor you wont have a job either..

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  • Cowboy Bob
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    Why should I give a fsck? I don't have a mortgage. I don't hold any shares. I don't have a pension. The markets can go through the floor for all I care.

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  • Gordon Brown
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    Originally posted by gordonbrown View Post
    Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

    My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.
    What I said.

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  • Denny
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    Originally posted by gordonbrown View Post
    Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

    My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.
    But we all need to be prudent.

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  • gordonbrown
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    Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

    My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Got to be cool on Wall St -when you're index is low
    AJP aint got time for the Bums
    They wind up - on Skid Row
    They plead with him
    Alf - can you spare a dime
    - But I aint got the time

    You need a yen -to make a mark
    If you wanna make money
    You need the luck to make a buck
    If you wanna be
    getty
    rothschild...

    Oh, Tony Blair
    Did your money make you better?
    Are you waiting for the hour
    When you can screw me?

    `cos youre big enough
    To do the wall street shuffle
    Let your money hustle

    Bet youd sell your mother
    You can buy another

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  • NoddY
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    Originally posted by sli_gryn View Post
    you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't ya?

    ever heard of the expression, 'self-fulfilling prophecy'?
    I think this time sentiment and economic fundamentals are in agreement.

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  • sli_gryn
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    Originally posted by Iron Condor View Post
    The markets closed at the lows: FTSE down 5.5% and DAX down 7%.

    The market is pricing in a Recession.

    Expect a downturn in the IT contract market come April..
    you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't ya?

    ever heard of the expression, 'self-fulfilling prophecy'?

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Denny View Post
    But if everyone is jumping out of windows, then business should boom - more death duties, inheritance tax, more coffins etc.

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