"..the incident happened in the interest rate futures pit"
Oh, the Irony...
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSN1750781020081117?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews&rpc=22&sp=true
I call BS. Digging through that article and its sources they just pulled the 2T number out of their asses. Shock value gets eyeballs. They allude to "loans" but have no proof those loans even exist.
IMO, these "big box" retailers are done for. I think the market is going to return to the local shops, smaller appliance stores, etc. Best Buy, Home Depot, etc. are a hallmark of over-consumption that is coming to an end. Short them all.
That's becuase I figured people knew how to use the Interwebs:
"The U.S. auto industry represents almost four percent of U.S. gross domestic product and represents ten percent of U.S. industrial production by value. One out of every 10 U.S. jobs is auto-related. General Motors, Ford and...
This is unacceptable. There will be blood in the streets if the govt. starts playing these games.
edit: I'm calling the leader of my local Illuminati chapter to have the puppets considering this garbage dealt with.
You continue to Fail. The Fail is strong with you.
I'm actually an independent, but thanks for making an incorrect assumption. Doing so shows me how intelligent you really are. You know zero about me and my views and all you can make are uneducated guesses.
There is not one...
A broken clock is right twice a day.
Saying there will be a "financial firestorm" 7 years ahead of time is useless unless you know the 6 month window when it will occur. Analysts pull this same BS, and so can I:
90% of stocks will go to 0 in the next 400 years.
Where's my cookie?