Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Dow Falls 300, BofA Sinks 15%; Gold Soars
cnbc.com ^ | Aug 8 2011 | By: JeeYeon Park

Posted on 08/08/2011 10:15:40 AM PDT by NoLibZone

Stocks tumbled sharply in heavy volume Monday after Moody's said they are maintaining the U.S.'s AAA status, but the rating depends on how the budget deficit is handled in the future.

This comes after rival S&P downgraded Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal Home Loan Bank in addition to cutting U.S.'s credit rating from triple-A for the first time in history last week.

The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq were down over 3 percent. August is already on track to be the worst month for the S&P and Nasdaq since Feb. 2009 and Nov. 2008, respectively.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 882011; aug82011; bhoeconomy; democrats; obama; obamadepression
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

1 posted on 08/08/2011 10:15:47 AM PDT by NoLibZone
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

2 posted on 08/08/2011 10:17:41 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Life as Nancy Pelosi knows & wants it, must end, Life As Nancy Knows it is to raise Debt 10% annualy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

All of these BEFORE his ‘major speech’ yet again 1 pm EST?

How much further does he want US to fall?


3 posted on 08/08/2011 10:18:16 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Napsalot

He’s not done by half. He said.

But it’s all good, he’s got 2 fundraisers tonight. Camera’s not allowed.


4 posted on 08/08/2011 10:20:21 AM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Sir Napsalot

“How much further does he want US to fall?....”

:::::::::::::

His agenda has never been anything but destroying our Constitutional Republic, its freedoms, its capitalism and its military strength.

None of this is a surprise — never has been.


5 posted on 08/08/2011 10:21:04 AM PDT by EagleUSA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: EagleUSA

If the Dow falls anything less than 1000 today it will be a miracle. I bailed out of the market with Soros..you could see this train wreck coming, because the Rats wanted it. They knew they could blame the GOP and the MSM would trumpet it. We’ll lie and you swear to it.


6 posted on 08/08/2011 10:23:28 AM PDT by Oldexpat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone
AAArmageddon.

Bernanke may try pouring a trillion dollars into the market for QEx or he might leave well alone and let the S&P rediscover reality.

Either result is bullish for precious metals as people either seek real safety - or they spot the next spike in the money supply.

Gold will move first is moving first, Silver afterwards.

7 posted on 08/08/2011 10:29:09 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

Buy GOLD(silver) -OR- watch the ink on those dollars bills FADE...

You can barely read them now.. after “awhile” a five dollar bill or a twenty will not make much of a difference..

Then you had better be well armed.. gold will be money.. currency will just be paper..
The truth is it always WAS... just paper.. The rubes don’t know that YET!!..


8 posted on 08/08/2011 10:31:14 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

I have found this website to be a very useful source of information on the economy, gold, and silver.

http://goldismoney.info/forums/


9 posted on 08/08/2011 10:32:06 AM PDT by Silver Sabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Freddd

Nor will there be cameras when he dresses in his muslim garb and hosts the ramadan dinner.


10 posted on 08/08/2011 10:32:16 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: hosepipe

Had a friend who had a one German mark bill. The one had a five stamped over it in red ink. That’s how fast it tanked.


11 posted on 08/08/2011 10:34:18 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

BLOAT, BLOFT, and BLOGT.

Ammo, food, and gold.

Focus on the first two.


12 posted on 08/08/2011 10:42:04 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

Well, if he had spoken would anyone take what the communist community organizer had to say with a grain of salt?


13 posted on 08/08/2011 10:48:23 AM PDT by Aria ( "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone

So much for shorting gold,...lol


14 posted on 08/08/2011 10:54:04 AM PDT by dila813
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Terry Mross

[ Had a friend who had a one German mark bill. The one had a five stamped over it in red ink. That’s how fast it tanked. ]

I am imagining the look on the guys face that was offered a one mark bill with a five stamped on it in red ink... LOL...

The Germans are not joyous people.. given to humor easily.... (if you get my drift)..


15 posted on 08/08/2011 10:54:54 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Aria

Still a long way to fall. Now we’ve wound back to October 15th of last year.


16 posted on 08/08/2011 10:55:07 AM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Sir Napsalot

Next stop is at 10k, which is where we were back in August of last year. still lots of room for Obama to fall.

If it drops another 30, we’ll have wound all the way back to the level of May of 1999. That’s 12 and a quarter years of market gains wiped out. Worse then in the first part of the recession.

Even though it dropped all the way to 6.6k, that was only the same level as January of 1997. So another 12 years through to February of 2009.

The worst, peak to peak is still from 1965 to 1982, for Obama to match that the market would have to drop to 3.8k.


17 posted on 08/08/2011 11:03:28 AM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: NoLibZone; hobbes1; CholeraJoe

As our friends over at ZeroHedge say, Gold bitchez!


18 posted on 08/08/2011 11:05:54 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (zig for great justice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: agere_contra
AAArmageddon.

Nope. Now it's AArmageddon.

Thanks to President Downgrade.

19 posted on 08/08/2011 11:07:42 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (zig for great justice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

.


20 posted on 08/08/2011 11:31:49 AM PDT by loungitude ( The truth hurts.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson