the mortgages are a bait and switch
Oh, right, I forgot to mention swaps. billions of other dollars... on welfare now with the bailout... maybe sooner would have been better.
lol 10 times is a joke, right?
"per se" being the operative word(s). The amount involved in the derivative trading dwarfed the underlying mortgages. The nightmare was the...
The "fiasco" was not caused by the mortgages themselves but by the derivative trading.
Well said. Except for the part about how it wouldn't happen till after the election.
I'm so amazed to see this prophetic thread... so, even if people know, the disaster is not averted?
The way that the stress thing works, is that it has an overall good effect if the stress is related to something a person can "conquor" so to...
yes - But here's the thing... I worked really hard and then I lived in the condo I bought that had the privy pit under it... and that caused...
You make me laugh... genuinely.
Surdo, I predict a long and happy life for you, re the vacations. :) I wonder if a committed relationship would be better than hookers. (I...
Hi Prince, I think the education thing relates to the status one attains... the fellow who wrote The Status Syndrome, and I cannot remember his...
That was very nice of you, nkhoi. Thank you. I don't have any money left, though. (Darn it.) What made you all stand out so much in my mind...
Hi, I was thinking about you last week when pbs aired a program done in Japan on aging brains. Electrodes were used to show brain activity. Men...
Okay, I have a question for you guys: I see that quite a few of you looked at my Revised Brief. Thank you. I did not receive my copy back in...
Wow. Way above anything I ever imagined in a day. I am WAY impressed. I only made about $1,100 or $1,200 that time I had it, if it's the...
Okay, Look, I want to be able to do this again! Well done! Very good!!!
Sounds good! I think that's the one I had ages ago that made so much money in a couple days, for only 200 shares. I thought it was True...
Wow, that's really interesting to learn... (If only I remembered things better!) Thanks!
I just read that the stock market hit a new all time high. (I hope that's true.) I thought of you immediately!!!!! I hope it was a Great...
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