Here is my rant....
You have to be kidding me...
Fuck the dow, because you don't agree with what is show us, or you think it hurts the country? Our entire country is based on companies making money for jobs to pay taxes our run our government.
the Dow didn't give me or you or my mom a raise... instead the continious drive for "profit" capped the income of the working class
Yes, likely it did for you and most of us in the country. Companies are the engine of growth in this country.
The dow jones is an indication of the current economic value put on companies including future earnings potential and confidence in a company. So is the S&P 500, so is the Nasdaq, and Nikkei, and every other trading exchange in the world.
Stocks are used to raise capital for companies and provides the engine of our country. If you don't like that, you might be better served spending more time writing diaries about reforming America to move toward socialism and communism (the real ideas of socialism and communism, not the bullshit Rush Limbaugh crap thrown around).
Stock and capital cause investment, and create and sustain most of jobs in our country (including me and my family). Now whether you like investing in the dow or not, or are making money or not, it's stupid to rant against it.
It's like ranting against opinion polls, or other FACTS. Facts, you know those things that republicans like to falisfy, and mock. It's a fact that the dow and other indexes goes up and down, and we use it understand the strenght of companies and our economy.
IMHO, this community is not served on rants that diminish FACTS and indexes that reflect the concensus on market value of companies.
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Disclaimer: I believe in facts and capitalism.