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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:02 PM Original message |
Note: No one pocketed that $1.1 trillion today. There is no law of the preservation of wealth. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. No? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ? I'm not talking about that at all. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. its only a loss if you sell out at the reduced price instead of holding it nt |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Even under that argument what I said still holds. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Bingo. n/t |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Pensions, IRAs and 401k portfolios are among the casualties |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Most of the Value Went to Money Heaven |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. The market makers can account for much of that |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Someone is making some money, but they do not offset entirely. |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. If the value of a stock goes down that money is being made |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. National wealth accounting said otherwise during our last bear market. |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. What do you mean? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Then we aren't even talking about the same thing. |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Maybe. If someone guessed correctly. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. Look at it another way. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I guess those failed banks are only on paper too, huh. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. that's not what your OP was about. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, it was what your post is about. Firms have failed due to "paper losses". |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, mine was NOT about MBSs. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. They failed because they had debt they couldn't pay, not because their stock decreased. nt |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I wasn't talking about their stock. I am talking about how they had paper losses on their MBSs |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. What your OP talked about WAS stock. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Same as the RE market, and derivatives are next. The longer they |
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