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Dow Futures Tumble 900 Points As All-Out Oil Price War Adds To Coronavirus Stress
CNBC ^ | 03/08/20

Posted on 03/08/2020 3:21:01 PM PDT by Enlightened1

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To: CharleysPride

They need oil at $84/barrel to keep payments up to all the princes. It’s going to hurt them more than it’s hurts Russia or the U.S.


61 posted on 03/08/2020 6:14:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: CodeToad

Here’s an interesting factoid about the depression which gets little attention.

Prohibition was a major factor, not the only of course.

It creamed the transportation industry and a lot of other industries which provided all the services/infrastructure needed to keep the beer/liquor industry going. A very serious ripple effect. It made a significant contribution to unemployment.


62 posted on 03/08/2020 6:30:51 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: nickcarraway; CodeToad
Before Prohibition a large portion of the Federal budget was being funded by the excise tax on alcohol.

If you want to read about how massive the economic damage of prohibition was, this outlines it well:

https://bourbonveach.com/2019/08/26/prohibition-and-the-great-depression/

63 posted on 03/08/2020 6:38:46 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: John W

Look at top center and top two on left side.

Right now it is down over 1k points.


64 posted on 03/08/2020 7:02:55 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: nickcarraway
There’s a name for what the Saudis are doing - it’s called “dumping.”

Dumping precisely for the purpose of disrupting US production.

Isn’t there a law again’ it?

And isn’t the penalty for violating it a tariff?


65 posted on 03/08/2020 7:23:06 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

This, too, shall pass.


66 posted on 03/08/2020 7:25:02 PM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Dumping precisely for the purpose of disrupting US production.

Except, in this case, they aren't dumping to disrupt U.S. production. (Although they probably hope that happens, too)

We can be very sure these moves were taken to punish Russia after their Energy Minister Alexander Novak walked out on OPEC on Friday and refused to even pretend to go along with cuts.

67 posted on 03/08/2020 7:30:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Drago
Better wait until ~Dow 20K....

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..... might be a rather long wait.

68 posted on 03/08/2020 7:31:55 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: Enlightened1

Futures trading has been halted for the evening.

https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/is-the-stock-market-crashing-heres-when-s-p-500-circuit-breakers-kick-in-51583717721


69 posted on 03/08/2020 7:32:26 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: a little elbow grease

I bought some GRAT DEALS 2 weeks ago THEN it shot up on Monday and I was doing a happy dance but not for long!!


70 posted on 03/08/2020 7:33:36 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: CincyRichieRich
I have no doubt Soros, Steyer, other bad actors are shorting futures big time. Bloomberg could be, too.

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sounds true .....

71 posted on 03/08/2020 7:33:59 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: rollo tomasi
Futures trading has been halted for the evening.

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THAT is an unattractive note.

72 posted on 03/08/2020 7:35:34 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: jstolzen
It is a freaking GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Of hysteria, maybe.

73 posted on 03/08/2020 7:37:32 PM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: ConservativeMind

I wouldn’t be so sure of that my FRiend. This forum has influenced both the making of kings and the breaking of kings.


74 posted on 03/08/2020 7:45:52 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: a little elbow grease

1K-a-day for 4 days will do it...not that long! ;-)


75 posted on 03/08/2020 9:06:06 PM PDT by Drago
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To: gogeo

Check this out.

“Stock Futures Were Halted Sunday Night. Here’s When S&P 500 Circuit Breakers Kick In on Monday”

https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/is-the-stock-market-crashing-heres-when-s-p-500-circuit-breakers-kick-in-51583717721


76 posted on 03/08/2020 9:18:42 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Crucial

The intellect capable of those things left this board long ago.


77 posted on 03/08/2020 9:26:37 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: a little elbow grease
LOL - or not. At 4:42 on the 24th of February - Trump tweeted that we have everything under control - we had 15 cases and the DOW was at 28,200 - "Stock market starting to look very good to me!" - which any investor worth their weight in sand knew was wrong - and I was in on puts and didn't get out of - yet a lot of Freepers who think they are market experts ate it up.

A short 13 days later - we are down 3600 points - or almost 13% - the futures market circuit breakers are tripped - and shorts are piling up keeping it pegged to the lows - and we are on an exponential curve of increasing cases with no signs of stopping - and you say "might be a rather long wait" ???

There is more carnage to come. The next line of defense for the bulls is at 23K. That is the 50 SMA average - and we are very close to that right now. We could see that this week. If we breach that - it's a long fall to the 200.

78 posted on 03/08/2020 9:53:02 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: jstolzen

What a crock of crap. 10% of the population in intensive care?
Why do so many of you guys insist on putting your heads in the sand on this? It is not some “global conspiracy to bring down Trump”.
...
To believe that...just an organic virus, no nefarious purposes.

Then...would have happened if Linton or Obama were president. Dr Lieberman, the Harvard scientist working for China, and the second do for now, are just harmless. The Chinese regime would never sacrifice or harm their own people. The CIA would never work against the U.S. (PDJT and us, we the people), the timing of the virus would be just random, not where the market and PDJT’s poll number would be peaked. The MSM also would be equal in their coverage of Ebola and SARS.

Yep, you are right, just organic, random.


79 posted on 03/09/2020 3:20:52 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: jstolzen

You are not the least bit curious why they have not found patient zero? If this were just organic and just a pandemic outbreak we would know where patient 0 is. Even if patient zero is dead which of course they usually are. That said there are probably numerous patient zeros. And probably the people doing the investigating don’t want you to know. Likely they might be in on it. If you think this is all crazy then perhaps you have not reached the point of understanding just how evil these people really are and how much maniacal lust for power to run everything that they really have.


80 posted on 03/09/2020 3:37:02 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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