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Manedwolf

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I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« on: March 17, 2008, 08:44:39 AM »
On Forbes.

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Tempur-Pedic Sales Sagging

Tempur-Pedic International saw its stock fall out of bed on Monday after the company said its previous guidance for this year is no longer reliable.

I think some writers need a nap. That was bad.  cheesy
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2008, 11:53:11 AM »
I think that writer needs a beer, bought by the rest of the folks in his office...
 
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2008, 11:59:21 AM »
Lol, I thought Tempur-Pedic was a shoe manufacturer. I get it now. grin
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2008, 02:31:43 PM »
I heard the Comedian-in-Chief today promise everyone that the federal government was going to fix everything so not to worry.

Considering that the feral.gov has mostly got us into this mess with deficit spending, that was one of the funniest jokes I've heard in years.  rolleyes
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2008, 02:34:42 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on March 17, 2008, 01:31:43 PM
I heard the Comedian-in-Chief today promise everyone that the federal government was going to fix everything so not to worry.

Considering that the feral.gov has mostly got us into this mess with deficit spending, that was one of the funniest jokes I've heard in years.  rolleyes

Has anyone else looked at the Bear-Stearns buyout and what its doing?  Tak about stress!

Somebody tell me why I should not be pulling out what I can salvage and storing it under my matress.

stay safe.

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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2008, 03:50:09 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on March 17, 2008, 01:34:42 PM
Quote from: Tallpine on March 17, 2008, 01:31:43 PM
I heard the Comedian-in-Chief today promise everyone that the federal government was going to fix everything so not to worry.

Considering that the feral.gov has mostly got us into this mess with deficit spending, that was one of the funniest jokes I've heard in years.  rolleyes

Has anyone else looked at the Bear-Stearns buyout and what its doing?  Talk about stress!

Somebody tell me why I should not be pulling out what I can salvage and storing it under my matress.

stay safe.

skidmark

That's fine, as long as you're not putting it under a Tempur-pedic mattress... cool
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2008, 03:55:36 PM »
Except you can't even put it under the mattress.  If your savings are in 401k's etc, you can pay 30% in taxes and a 10% penalty on top of that if you're not old enough.  So one could feasibly lose 40% in the market and still be even.  Leave it alone and maybe you'll get it back.  Give it to .gov, so long forever.
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2008, 07:39:21 PM »
That silence, Vaskid, is because we're all running down to the ATM to pull out our cash.

Seriously, put something into an envelope and hide it well.
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Re: I think the financial writers are getting punchy from stress...
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2008, 11:25:49 AM »
Dang, I was still buying when it started jumping up today.

S&P 500 1,330.74 +54.14 +4.24%

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