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Some "mistakes" were made today, on Wall Street ...

post #1 of 3
5/6/10 at 4:44pm
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And some profited, handsomely !

 

Who's buying "It" ... (shakes head)

 

Edit: Cause was reported as a "B" instead of a "M" /illion in one trade was mistakenly typed ...

 

/ The ol' "keyboard cat" defense ... 

 

/ How conveineint  

 

/ See what I did there, simply a spelling error , though I didn't cash in by doing so...

 

/ I'm sure an ad-hoc commission will look into it, though...

 

/ Maybe the Senate should not have grilled the Wall Street boys and threatened their money making enterprise , perhaps ?

 


Edited by Hi-Finthen - 5/6/10 at 10:38pm
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post #2 of 3
5/6/10 at 7:10pm

I remember when investment meant betting on the company/corporation's success.

 

Now, "investment" seems to mean selling short just before a disaster - betting on failure.


Edited by Lazarus Short - 5/7/10 at 12:10am
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post #3 of 3
5/6/10 at 8:26pm

I was wondered how I-bankers make it through years without making lots of mistakes. They get 3 hours of sleep a night...

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