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    Why did the stock market sell off today?

    Wall Street Journal: Tensions in Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula


    Yahoo Finance: Russians


    Fox Business: Obamacare


    CNBC: It didn’t sell off at all, it was actually a reverse rally


    Forbes: Taxes are too high


    Huffington Post: Taxes are too low


    Fox News: Gay marriage


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    Bloomberg TV: The opposite of whatever CNBC said.


    Quartz: Chinese shadow-banks


    FT Alphaville: Chinese derivatives


    Washington Times: Fallout from explosive Benghazi revelations


    StockTwits: Here’s a chart


    USA Today: Let’s take a poll


    DealBook: lack of M&A


    Zero Hedge: Better question, why would it have gone up?


    MSNBC: I’m not sure I’m comfortable with the term “stock market” per se…


    Business Insider: Ten reasons, actually (view as single page?)


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    MarketWatch: 1929


    The Reformed Broker: More sellers than buyers


    Buzzfeed Business: It’s like that time on Party of Five when Charlie was giving Julia the silent treatment…


    Reuters: HFT


    Barron’s: Valuations got ahead of themselves


    Investors Business Daily: drop in momentum. And record deficits.


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    Saloon
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    Damn gays and Russians ruining my 401K

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    Short answer ...

    China economic slowdown and the Ukraine. US actually had very good retailer news today but overseas to problematic right now


    also explains golds continuing rally

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    My portfolio dropped 1.9% today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deuce View Post
    My portfolio dropped 1.9% today.
    Deucer we got you, pal
    All you gotta do is at the end of the year, send your Schedule D to my Kremlin address

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deuce View Post
    My portfolio dropped 1.9% today.
    1.9% of 40 bucks is not much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boeing power View Post
    1.9% of 40 bucks is not much.
    Lost $615.96

    Tells you what I have. Pal.

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    Why not? It's only the beginning.

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    crafty Russian

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Playerstalk is for sports
    go ask your granny to change your bed sheets, clown

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    go ask your granny to change your bed sheets, clown
    I dont ghave bed sheeps, I use a sleeping bag

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    I dont ghave bed sheeps, I use a sleeping bag
    so that's how you shower in your own urine....now I get it

    bed sheeps

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    Quote Originally Posted by RonPaul2008 View Post
    Why not? It's only the beginning.
    I tend to agree

    I thought it was going to freefall when it was at 15,100 though

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    DOW Jones at least 2000 points over valued

    Rich making money only

    most people not even investing in market

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    another opportunity to buy in. You'll see the market/economy really thrive in a few years when obama is gone assuming the voters are smart enough to elect a republican.

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    i am short this mkt

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    fukk stocks

    let's dance!
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    The bubble is bursting. Expect Jellen to call of the taper

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