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It carries no weight and there is nothing to consider......its my guesstimate....pure and simple.....no different than guessing it will snow on Christmas Day....
but if you must be an asshole about it .... have at it......(include the other ass that thinks your comment was clever)
and a welcome change from those afflicted with OAS (Obama Apologist Syndrome) that now overwhelm this board
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You started working at 12?
Thats an amazing conclusion you've come to....
You think these people are "stupid and lazy" ?.....is this your ignorant middle class ?
Your so superior to these folks, huh ?
to say you're an asshole would be an insult to assholes.
How in the world did you get all of that out of what he posted?
You're really dopey, man. To the extreme.
Yup had a paper route using a bike, today adults use car and I think it's a crime against kids.
I went from $5 wk allowance to $100 mo in 1972 I thought I was rich.
Faked a birth certificate (quiet birthers) to work at Mcdonalds at 14 cooking breakfast at 5am.
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You know what's really funny? You just know that Bravo is truly stunned here. Bravo reading that is the same as someone who lives in Appalachia coming across a traffic sign in French. Roadway hijinks will ensue. This was like a chimpanzee trying to decipher string theory. I mean, he was really blown away by DH's post. No clue what it means. He's not acting.
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The Almighty
You are truly a fucking idiot. You are suggesting that because they don't know where one of the averages is on a given day that somehow means they don't give a shit about what their 401k/retirement accounts are doing? Seriously... you ....are ... a ... fucking ... idiot.
Ask them what their 401k balance is.... see if they know THAT number. Ask them how their other retirement accounts did.... ask them if they know that number.
As I stated, the unemployment number is going to be the largest factor, but you are a fucking idiot if you think they don't 'give a shit' about what is happening to the markets. That said, only HALF of those surveyed guessed correctly the approximate unemployment rate. ALMOST 40% were off by 50 or 100% of the actual number. THEY GUESSED. It is a number that changes ONCE A MONTH and still only half got it. Does this mean to you that they don't give a shit about unemployment or is it that they just don't know the actual current number. You... fucking... idiot.
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Insulting the people of Appalachia is such a classy move.
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Take a look at the responses in total. 22% admitted they didn't know what the Dow was at the given day they were asked. 42% guessed that unemployment was at either 12 or 16%. They were just fucking guessing. To compare the two is also a bit absurd. The Dow changes DAILY and typically (especially at that time) was seeing swings of 8-10% in a month. The unemployment rate changes once a month.... and normally it is not a dramatic change. The options they gave for 'what is the current unemployment rate'... (4/8/12/16).... It hasn't been anywhere near 12 since Carter's era. So 12 and 16 should have been out of the question, yet they got 42%. It hadn't been down at 4% for over a year. So by Dung's definition, people obviously don't give a shit about unemployment since they have no friggin idea where it is at.
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I started my own lawn mowing 'business' when I was 10.
Wow. This post says a whole hell of a lot more about you than it does about me.
My point is simple, the fluctuations of the market in and of themselves have little to no impact on the vast majority of the American people. Market fluctuations have no impact whatsoever on their daily lives. That's why people generally have a negative opinion of the economy even when the market is performing relatively well. Look at 2006, for example.
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The unemployment number will always be a bigger factor when it is high. In that environment, even people with jobs fear potentially losing them or seeing a lack of growth for their business due to so many others not having them. The economy as a whole stagnates when unemployment remains high. He is right that it is the bigger factor of the two. He is 100% wrong to proclaim that people don't care about the market based solely on the fact they don't know what one of the market averages is at. I doubt half my clients could tell you where the dow is at right now, but they most certainly can tell you where their own personal accounts are at.
But Dung is a clown. He thinks not knowing a single piece of data somehow equates to not caring about what their funds are doing.
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So you were cutting grass at 10 and Topspin was smoking it!
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Chevron must be very insulated from the outside world? I am unsure. Maybe it's different for your finance guys? I really don't know.
But out there for most people, believe me, trust me, everyone knows when the unemployment situation is bad. First of all; raise freezes. Then there are layoffs. Then you get more work because there are less people. You are stressed because you have to work longer and harder and you're not getting a raise, and may even had a pay cut. Then a general atmosphere of "you're lucky to even have a job" permeates the company. And that means taking a lot of shit and getting absolutely nothing, and making sure you smile while you're doing it in case someone in management gets the idea you're not happy, and then you get laid off in the next round because unhappiness leads to less productivity.
I am kinda stunned that no one here has ever been an employee during a recession? Believe me, I am thankful every day that I no longer am subjected to those fluctuations and stresses. But I remember them.