>>>>>>My brother (who used to be a stock broker and is still very active on the market) called me this morning (at 8:30 am) and said that the market will go up 1000 points today.
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>>>>>One step at a time. It is quite enough to change market trend, big numbers will come later. General market was oversold to extreme point so potential is huge.
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>>>>I am sure the big number is just a guess and speculations. Time (and not just one day) will show.
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>>>The stock market is just guess and speculation. It is legalized gambling on top of a pyramid scheme. Now everybody (gambler or not) gets to pay for the gambling losses. Otherwise the gamblers would be the only ones to lose.
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>>On the last part we certainly agree. We, the average Joes, are going to wind up covering the losses of the high flyers.
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>Isn't it interesting that Company A loans you 10,000 and now you owe Company A 13,000 (just an example). Then Company A runs out of running capital so the government gives Company A 10,000, essentially paying off the principal of your loan. Yet you still owe Company A 13,000. How is that? :o)
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>(OK, I know that is not REALLY how it works, but it sure seems that way)
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>If the government is going to do a 'bailout' they should do a onetime bailout of every citizen since it's our money they're using anyway . :o)
This has potential. We all get that rebate and it's funded by short sellers and CEOs of failed or money-losing companies who are still earning millions ;-)
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