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PoindexterOglethorpe

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9. Yeah, there is a lot of nonsense posted in GD about markets and investing.

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:58 PM

Dec 2018

I try to inject some reason into those conversations, but I'm probably wasting my breath, so to speak.

It's especially annoying to see how people crow as if they've won some great victory every time the stock market goes down, even a little bit. There are rarely posts about the up days.

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I have to say there is one thing I am seriously thankful for regarding this group. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 OP

Admin insiders caused the crash after short selling the market and made tons of $$$ progree Dec 2018 #1

.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #2

I don't have a 401k anymore -- I converted it to an IRA before the fat cats could skim the cream off progree Dec 2018 #3

After the tech stocks, yeah. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #4

Oh darn! Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #5

LOL!! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #8

Glad you knew my tongue was firmly in cheek. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #10

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #12

First, these ups and down led the network news question everything Dec 2018 #6

Thanks for the compliment. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #7

Yeah, there is a lot of nonsense posted in GD about markets and investing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #9

That always make me shake my head. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #11

Here's one comment from a well-known contributor to a famous regular thread progree Dec 2018 #13

Ah yes. Tansy Gold. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #14

I haven't seen one of those threads in more than a year. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #15

It has sort of morphed into this DU "tradition" that can't be let go..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #16