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Warning: This post is complicated, and will make little sense without a little prior reading. If you are unfamiliar with the detailed causes and effects of the financial crisis, especially ...
by thereisnospoon
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From Investors Business Daily:
Stocks took advantage of a few surprises Thursday as ...
by bonddad
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Most of us have been there. Poor, I mean. A lot of what I'm about to cover here is probably second nature to a lot of you. Maybe that's still where you are. If that is the case, I mean no disrespect.
by droogie6655321
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Huffington Post has a video up of our buddy Jim Cramer talking about how he manipulated the market to improve his position on the hedge funds he managed. Some of the activity is ethically wrong - ...
by RichM
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Edited at end of diary.
I consider myself an average consumer. I have more credit cards than I probably should, but pay them all on time. I was caught totally off guard today when ...
by janes brain
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The American economy stands on a precipice the true nature of which is scarier than you are being told. You aren't hearing about it because it doesn't trigger the immediate emotional reaction ...
by thereisnospoon
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Ah the good old days. When things were simpler because there wasn't any money and therefore no choices. And you ate whatever happened to be dead and in front of you because you lived during the ...
by Muskegon Critic
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I never tire of posting this graph from the WSJ, as it provides a perfect snapshot of the "W" economy:
But it also ...
by Jerome a Paris
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Thanks to Ezra Klein pointing out this fact to us all:
Take ...
by BlatantLiberal
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No one likes to admit that they were wrong. This seems doubly true on here on the great inter-toobs, but the fact is that the Dog was wrong. It is only in one case (at least he is only going to cop ...
by Something the Dog Said
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