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Panic!! All Major US Equity Indices Halted

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Nasdaq was the first to be halted at 0758ET.

The Dow is now down 850 points from Friday's close and halted...

The S&P 500 Futures is halted for the first time in history.

 

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Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:24 | 6462037 mophead
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<-- Click here if you'd like to suck her tities

<-- click here if you'd rather suck a dick

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462067 VinceFostersGhost
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Ummmm.....nevermind.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462091 Mister Ponzi
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Time for the deer!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462115 StackShinyStuff
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When the house is down, close the casino.  Crooks.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462135 EscapeKey
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How about this corker?

 

"We've long felt that the only thing preventing another financial crisis has been extraordinary central bank liquidity and general interventions from the global authorities which we still expect to continue for a long while yet," Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid wrote on Monday.

 

WTF - head explodes! The crash is DUE to extraordinary central bank liquidity. Unbelievable lies.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:32 | 6462155 AgentHarlequin
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DUE to AND delayed by.... positive-feedback loop

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462222 Secret Treaties
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#winning

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:44 | 6462308 Oh regional Indian
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Follow the excitement with live commentary here, good Ero/US views...

http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/aug/24/global-stocks-sell-...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:48 | 6462373 BaBaBouy
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THIS IS What Happens When You Fuck With The POG!
GOLD Is Constantly "Fixed", Manipulated, Artificial Debasement...

Way To Go, Botchez...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:51 | 6462423 THE 4th Quadrant
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Panic at the Disco, Botchez!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:09 | 6462642 DirtyWilly
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Wonder if all the major media outlets will report this as just another "dip" or "slump"?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:17 | 6462728 Santini Air
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Yes... until you see Anderson Cooper and teh talking heads being tackled and taken down live on air.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 12:16 | 6463705 unrulian
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+1 for Botchez

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:50 | 6462349 ebworthen
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Halted!?!?  WTF!???  When do they ever halt buying!?!?!

What?  They need to "change the dice" on the craps tables?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:43 | 6462988 MalteseFalcon
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"Turn those machines OFF, Mortimer"

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:02 | 6462578 MayIMommaDogFac...
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#winning

WTF is up with the lowercase!?!?!  It should be #WINNING.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462223 pods
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Does this mean Ann Margret is not coming?

/joker

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:41 | 6462275 Bullionaire
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Pay attention, everyone. Paper gold to $1135 by close.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:43 | 6462304 FL_Conservative
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Turn on those damn machines!!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:47 | 6462362 J S Bach
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"Pay attention, everyone. Paper gold to $1135 by close."

Pay attention, everyone.  Paper fiat to $0 by 2020.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:01 | 6462569 Jeremy Roenick
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It's a big shit sandwich and everyone is going to have to take a bite. 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:12 | 6462669 Testudo321
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But some will have to take much BIGGER bites than others, while being convinced by media pundits they are eating Nutella...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:34 | 6462137 fuu
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Did the NASDAQ just open down 9.5%?!?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:54 | 6462372 The Big Ching-aso
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As bubbles go this was not a soap bubble, this was not an innocent little baby gurgle bubble, no this was a full octane FART BUBBLE my friends.

Now who was the prick that pricked this?

I hope it isn't Eddie Murphy AGAIN, man.

Mortimer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:51 | 6462425 Montani Semper ...
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DOW was approaching 7% down 20 minutes ago, which triggers the circuit breakers and halts trading. Now it's at 3.5%. Stick save in progress. Look for gold to succumb to the the little guys with their cute tiny hammers soon.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:53 | 6462457 Mr. Bones
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All of the indices got hammered last night. 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:55 | 6462499 War_is_Peace
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Asked a buddy of mine who trades stawks what everyone is saying at the big firms.  "BUY BUY BUY" was his response.  Told me to double down on any open position because the market just "rebounded" 500pts...WTF.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:05 | 6462598 clade7
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You need to find some new friends,

unless you enjoy their sense of humor...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462129 buzzsaw99
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they mostly come at night. mostly. [/newt]

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:07 | 6462616 TeamDepends
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What are we supposed to use, harsh language?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462130 AgentHarlequin
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I've posted this earlier (below), but seriously... Prepping is now going mainstream from a former UK government adviser... erm... extra-financial-sphere-panic

http://gu.com/p/4bmy6/stw#block-55db1530e4b030434a2b0b07

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:49 | 6462385 Raging Debate
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Agent - Yes. Get the 3 B's of survival hedging now. Beans, bullets, bullion. Also have water purification, bleach (chlorine) if nothing else. This can be done for a few hundred bucks except for the bullion part. I have a bugout bag to live for months off the land, the worst case scenerio.

Geopolitics is a very real risk for the next few years. It's like the market. You don't wait to sell and time the market for perfection. You may not need these hedges and I hope we never do. But hope is not a strategy, perseverence is a better concept.

"Better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it."
- Benjamin Franklin

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:26 | 6462817 AgentHarlequin
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Thanks. I am way ahead of the mainstream curve on this, I just thought it particularly shocking that some previously-.gov guy says it, then it's referenced on a MSM website!

I'll replenish on my way back form the office tonight though...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:44 | 6462310 TeethVillage88s
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No, time to get whiskey a case of beer, turn up the music, start BBQing, and clean your rifle. Put Deer Hunter the movie on the TV if it is dark outside where you are... I just love the opening in that movie.

S/

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:54 | 6462475 Raging Debate
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Teeth - I did that this summer and partied my ass off. I hedged and while business was very slow decided to have some fun in this Dark Carnival cycle.

Had to reign it in, the blood pressure was going up and I did wait for a number of years for a particular biz opp for this time so got to increase gym and health for that and the next few years of challenges. Your best hedge is still your health.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462079 Haus-Targaryen
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Fucking cowards.  Let this thing burn.  

Eat crow you fucking sheeple & CNBC talking heads.   

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:45 | 6462177 SheepRevolution
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JIZZEZ!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:36 | 6462194 Dead Canary
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Vala Moglus:

"All stocks must die"

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462226 Keyser
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For some comic relief, I just turned on CNBC to watch Cramer's head explode as the DIJA dropped 1042 pts... 

 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:44 | 6462293 L Bean
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Cramer on the crashing Ulta beauty stock; "But people won't just stop doing their hair...BUY!!"

 

That's all theyre doing this am. "What should we buuuuuy?" Ludicrous. Like late night horror movie hosts.

 

LOLOLOL now he's blaming it all on TEH MACHINES. omg.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:47 | 6462360 recidivist
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Beware of psychotic, highly leveraged traders on the roads today.  Saw four of them today on my drive in.  Post close it may be worse.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:58 | 6462533 Raging Debate
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I watched that for a few on a Friday so I could wait to hit that 'buy buy buy!' button. I'll wait a month or so and evaluate then. Buying anything in panic mode is unwise.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462117 Bilderberg Member
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would someone please post circuit breaker trigger points on cash markets

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:40 | 6462267 clade7
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"Who can fuck in this kind of weather!?"

 

Gene Tracy..circa 1975

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:01 | 6462566 Meat Hammer
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Tyler, you spelled RECOVERY wrong!  It's not P-A-N-I-C.  It's Q-E-4-E-V-A.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:52 | 6463046 Slomotrainwreck
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<-- Click here if you'd like to ...

So many people would have tweeted or otherwise remarked to friends about this article but you had to ruin it by posting such a useless and vulgar thread at the top. Shameful!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 22:37 | 6466992 techpreist
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Maybe he was doing it on purpose.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462038 EscapeKey
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i was listening to the BBC radio news earlier in the car - they said that Shanghai fell 8.5% as expectation of easing monetary policy didn't come to fruition - Shanghai is now down 38% since June, and some commentators point out that it's a bubble caused by easy money.
in other words "we are completely aware that this is a bubble caused by easy money, but we expect you to ease further". Keynesian/Friedman economics in a nutshell.
Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462092 XAU XAG
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Halt

 

Who goes there?

 

Seller or buyer

 

Seller = Foe

buyer = friend

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:32 | 6462148 FlipFlop
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Won't stop before traitors are executed

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:55 | 6462240 XAU XAG
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They shoot sellers now days

 

Buyers................welcome friend

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:43 | 6462299 americanreality
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Please tell me that I'll get to see some rich fuckers lose everything and then, more importantly, committ suicide.  After killing their snot-faced kids and entitled, pretentious, otherwise useless wives.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462106 Mister Ponzi
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Don't worry! Birinyi just said that stocks will "come out ok" after a short correction!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462140 surf0766
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China gunning fr the dollar. Get the scotch and popcorn. Dow 50,000 hats are being printed

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:36 | 6462190 BandGap
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Fuck what is does for health, it just feels good.

This attitude permeates our society, like a tattoo that cannot be removed without considerable pain.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462040 Pontius
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When do I cover my shorts?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462064 NoDebt
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That's the problem.  Now you CAN'T cover them.  Nor can you take your winnings.

 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462077 VinceFostersGhost
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Closed for business.....

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462122 NoDebt
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Like me, Doc and a bunch of others have been saying for a long time.  There won't be a crash next time.  They'll just yank the plug and that will be that.  Sorry, casino's closed.  Thanks for playing.

And, here you are.  Remember to get your parking ticket validated on your way out.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462157 LetThemEatRand
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And then you walk out to the parking lot and determine they've towed your car.  You can retrieve it from the tow yard for $1000.  That's open.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:43 | 6462289 sleigher
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Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:05 | 6462601 Meat Hammer
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There have been days since I quit my job and yanked my 401k out of the casino that I doubted myself for a moment, wondering if I did the right thing.

Today is not one of those days.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462087 Pontius
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phuck

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462098 NoDebt
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Exactly.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462168 Charles Nelson ...
Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462107 El Vaquero
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Right after you shit them.  That's when you cover them.  Can't let anybody see that.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462118 gatorengineer
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haha, that is the problem, it will open, if only just to close.  When it does really open dont be surprised if it opens up from here on the news of a Fed Emergency Meeting.  Why the PPT, didnt show up, one can only guess.

My guess is that they want to financially finish off China and Russia and pick up the pieces on the cheap.... Time will tell.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:32 | 6462150 NoDebt
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"When it does really open dont be surprised if it opens up from here on the news of a Fed Emergency Meeting."

I think that's exactly right.  Now we get to see if Janet's got the chops for all hell breaking loose like Bernanke did.  I'm betting not.  

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:39 | 6462248 Bullionaire
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Funny...you write as though this is not entirely pre-planned by the ZioMafia, beginning in 1913. Everything's scripted, and Janet is just reading her lines.

 

Move along.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:05 | 6462597 Lewshine
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I don't know what everybody is getting excited about - You tourist have forgotten 2008, where we saw the Dow lose 1000 points and gain back 800 points within 90 seconds. Fawkin dummies - Nothing is left to fate when it comes to the perception of the US economy and the Corptocrasy that owns it.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:41 | 6462272 ThroxxOfVron
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Open only long enough for the fucking algos to take a steaming dump and jump back down the fibre pipe.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:43 | 6462301 SuperRay
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So much for the shemitah. Off by a whole month. Sounds like gartman

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:44 | 6462143 ThroxxOfVron
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"When do I cover my shorts? "

 

YOU can't.  YOU are being fucked.

YOU are a dirty short seller and YOU are not allowed to be right and win and get paid when you are right and win.

IF YOU were wrong or mis-timed or whatever YOU woulda got hosed anyway.

THIS is what people mean when they call it a 'rigged casino': the motherfuckers won't pay their losses.

 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462234 More Ammo
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Maybe be time to fill them...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462042 dumb_funded
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On this day in Hx, Mt. Vesuvius erupts!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462102 VinceFostersGhost
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If you can swing that.....I'll be a believer.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462126 El Vaquero
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Or the phlegrean fields go up.  That'd be a nice touch to go with the financial carnage.  A VEI7. 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462044 Racer
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The emperor has no clothes

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462046 Bangin7GramRocks
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NopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNope

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462136 Spitzer
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King Euro !

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:25 | 6462047 sudzee
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Can't go down if can't trade.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462114 VinceFostersGhost
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Always look on the bright side of life.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:39 | 6462259 Slomotrainwreck
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You can still sell your worthless relics. At this rate nobody will want them. Even APMEX has too many Silver boxes (total of 8 offerings in the Monster category, as of this am.)

/s

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462050 AgentHarlequin
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When prepping goes mainstream....

http://gu.com/p/4bmy6/stw#block-55db1530e4b030434a2b0b07

Shit's gettin' REAL!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462053 Itch
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FUUUUUCK MEEEEE!! EURNZD, WIPE THE FLOOR!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462056 OneTinTrooper
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Surprised only two exclamation points were used with this post.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462058 bfellow
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Today's uneducated traders...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999R-KoS3Og

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462059 Germany4Liberty
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I only buy silver and generally dont care much for stocks.....but does this happen a lot? never heard of it personally

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462065 Temerity Trader
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Where is F***ing Bubbles Ben the “Hero” today? The man who is 100% responsible for every f***ing bubble, every market distortion, every economic problem in America. Myopic Ben and Janet “Print MOAR money!, We need QE 4,5 and 6 that will save us. Idiots! Maybe Donald will finally get rid of the Fed?? Doubtful.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462066 JoeTurner
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So buy the dip right ?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462112 Question Reality
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Only the dips are buying...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:42 | 6462286 FrankieGoesToHo...
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Have you ever walked up to a Roullette table and placed $100 bill on black/red?  If yes, they you may want to buy a SP500 call.  I bet the PPT closes this even today.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:56 | 6462511 ThroxxOfVron
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DOW was down approx 1,000 points and now on the bounce.

This is going to be an epic struggle to keep the nose up and not stall the engines.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:44 | 6462315 toady
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BTFD Tuesday or Wednesday morning (or however long it takes) after China is stable.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462068 Brazen Heist
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Because "Free markets"

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462232 eddiebe
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Limit down is bad enough, but it will really get interesting when they close the banks. Can't wait really. The system is so disgustingly fucked it needs to burn to the ground.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462069 opt out
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"Be the ball, Danny"

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462128 VinceFostersGhost
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Free Mitch Cumstein!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:36 | 6462197 ThroxxOfVron
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"Right in the lumber yard."

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:45 | 6462329 VinceFostersGhost
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Heading to Nebraska...I'll let you know when I get there.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:26 | 6462070 Bernoulli
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Why is everybody panicking? CHINA IS CONTAINED!!!!

http://www.denk-bubbles.com/just-fine

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:46 | 6462347 VinceFostersGhost
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Ghost containers?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462072 j.tennquist
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I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't open at all today.

Just close up shop until people "get their minds right" about which direction the market should move.

 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462170 Fester
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Friday there was a news flash on Ellen (I saw it on YouTube) that said markets would be closed Monday- today

This shit is planned.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:37 | 6462218 TeethVillage88s
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Ellen Page, wow. I didn't know she was so deep into politics. Kind of weird since she is a Canadian. lol

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462073 Xatos
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Geronimo! 

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462075 SmallerGovNow2
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well that happened rather quickly...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462078 cpnscarlet
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All is well. There is no need for this pointless panic.

I am COMEX Silver.

Isn't that right COMEX gold? Hello...? Gold?  Where the f*** did you go? Anyone seen COMEX gold?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:45 | 6462324 Bullionaire
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Hi there COMEX Silver...COMEX Gold here.  I'll be closing below 1140 today. Gold out.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462081 ghostzapper
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Time to accept the very possible reality that the Federal Reserve money printing scam has been shut off  . . . . . . . . permanently.

Where does that put stawks, PMs, commods, and other "assets"?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:18 | 6462729 MsCreant
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Get real.

"They have only just begun to sleight..."

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462082 anachronism
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Just the prudent thing to do. Banning shorts on a day like today would be even more prudent.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:19 | 6462749 MsCreant
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Let's all go commando to the market!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462083 PrimalScream
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This is America.

The markets CAN'T be falling.  Say it AIN'T so!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:53 | 6462458 FredFlintstone
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little pink houses... for you and me

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462085 drchris
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Turn those machines back on!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462086 Son of Captain Nemo
Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462141 TeethVillage88s
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Might as well party. Whiskey or Beer?

Glad I'm not in the Markets.

My position is I might be a buyer if the market goes down another 55%, but the problem then is telling which companies will survive. Stick to Dow Jones Industrials.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:11 | 6462664 Son of Captain Nemo
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Glad I'm not in the Markets.

For those of us that have gray hair and remember 1999/2000, followed by 2001... 2008... you would have to be completely untethered in the mind to take the risks that were baked in following the bailout(s).  2009 - 2011 confirmed it.

Hope the "melt-up" fun was worth it for those that continued to play in the "sand box" cause freedom and protection doesn't come cheap at this point!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:28 | 6462839 MsCreant
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I did not get in after 2008. I did say to myself, "if I was in this, what would I buy?"

When TARP was being debated, CITI and the other credit catds were under a buck. A couple months after the bailout they were already at $5+. I did not do it because I knew I would be stealing bailout money. 

At times it really is that easy.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:27 | 6462089 saints51
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GET TO WORK KEVIN!!!

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:34 | 6462175 RopeADope
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The Fed said last week that they were not in the business of propping up equity markets when the American people will not elect Clinton or Bush to further Wall Street's ambitions.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462099 RealityCheque
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You're gonna have to open sometime motherfuckers!

All you're doing is funneling all the pressure into an even smaller space. When "the open" does come, you're fucked!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:35 | 6462183 TeethVillage88s
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But by tonight the Govt News service can put out CIA Narrative to change the context.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:45 | 6462328 conscious being
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They will try.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:50 | 6462412 TeethVillage88s
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But that is how we got into the War on Terrorism (13-14 years now)... and that is how we got here from 2007 with market intervention and no market reform.

The forces of Light need a TV Franchise to get the message out.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:35 | 6462186 corporatewhore
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what investment advice is HRH Hillary giving? /sarc

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:51 | 6462420 markar
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She's consulting fellow carpet muncher Suzie Orman as we speak

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462101 Jersey_Mountaineer
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Nothing is fucked???  THE GOD DAMN PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAIN!!!

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462166 TeethVillage88s
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In the words of CIA Scripted Bin Laden Tape: Wait Brother, be patient that was only one plane.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462103 Lugnut
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Lets just skip it all for today shall we?

 

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Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:28 | 6462104 SameAsItEverWas
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S&P500 halted for first time before market open.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:38 | 6462219 Alex DeLarge
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If we gapped up 1000 would they still halt trading?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462109 Chuck Knoblauch
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shemitah boogeyman is here

RUN

LOLOLOL

WHY AREN'T METALS EXPLODING TO THE UPSIDE?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462169 actionjacksonbrownie
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Gold in $AUD is closing in on all time highs - up $35 today alone.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:52 | 6462439 FredFlintstone
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selling to meet margin?

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462119 the 300000000th...
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Because halting markets calms everyones fears

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:32 | 6462149 Chuck Knoblauch
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cnbc created for the same reason

control

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:32 | 6462874 MsCreant
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Programing.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462120 mijev
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I still have some vietnamese currency in my bag from my last trip there. So this morning I pulled out my Dong and rubbed it like a lucky rabbi's foot. Now let's see some CNBS screen porn.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:29 | 6462121 Hungarian Pengos
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WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!! *

 

* except for those who didn't participate in these rigged equity markets

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:43 | 6462295 e_goldstein
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Sitting on the sidelines, it's like watching Walt Disney throwing lemmings off a cliff.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&arti...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462124 ramacers
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can give it, but can't take it.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 10:33 | 6462898 MsCreant
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Oh I think they will take it all right...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:30 | 6462125 Felix da Kat
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To delay the inevitable is a bad idea. More QE coming. No rate hike. Markets will bounce on that news from Janet. The Fed is in band-aid mode.

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:31 | 6462132 skbull44
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Help me...I've fallen and I can't get up...

 

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Mon, 08/24/2015 - 09:33 | 6462134 vegas
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On Tuesday morning after the "Great Crash" of 1987, futures were halted for almost 3 hours; when trading resumed the newly formed "Plunge Protection Team" showed up and bid the shit right up the exchange walls. I know because I was there standing in the middle of it; get your facts right. Other than that, nothing stops panic better than trading limits; right? Emperor Goebbels could not be reached for comment.

 

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