Comments on: Black Monday’s Eerie Anniversary, Dollar at Record Lows, Oil Breaks $90, Gold $900, and More! http://5minforecast.agorafinancial.com/black-mondays-eerie-anniversary-dollar-at-record-lows-oil-breaks-90-gold-900-and-more/ http://5minforecast.agorafinancial.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:34:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wealthbuildinglessons.com http://5minforecast.agorafinancial.com/black-mondays-eerie-anniversary-dollar-at-record-lows-oil-breaks-90-gold-900-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-128 wealthbuildinglessons.com Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.agorafinancial.com/5min/black-mondays-eerie-anniversary-dollar-at-record-lows-oil-breaks-90-gold-900-and-more/#comment-128 Didn't Greenspan say that despite all the models and advancements made in the past 50 years, they were no better off at forecasting economic trends & outcomes than they were 50 years ago. But this trader thinks we are. Hmm...I wonder who's right? Didn’t Greenspan say that despite all the models and advancements made in the past 50 years, they were no better off at forecasting economic trends & outcomes than they were 50 years ago.

But this trader thinks we are. Hmm…I wonder who’s right?

]]> By: Long Term Investor http://5minforecast.agorafinancial.com/black-mondays-eerie-anniversary-dollar-at-record-lows-oil-breaks-90-gold-900-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Long Term Investor Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:39:14 +0000 http://www.agorafinancial.com/5min/black-mondays-eerie-anniversary-dollar-at-record-lows-oil-breaks-90-gold-900-and-more/#comment-127 "We heard a NYSE trader interviewed on NPR this morning maintain vociferously that a crash couldn’t happen now because we’re smarter, more informed and connected today than we were 20 years ago. What do you think?" Ugh! The last comment on the SS tax isn't quite accurate. The employer pays half of FICA for you. You pay the other half. This is evidenced by the fact that the self-employed pay both sides, 15%. OUCH! Have a blessed weekend. :) “We heard a NYSE trader interviewed on NPR this morning maintain vociferously that a crash couldn’t happen now because we’re smarter, more informed and connected today than we were 20 years ago. What do you think?”

Ugh!

The last comment on the SS tax isn’t quite accurate. The employer pays half of FICA for you. You pay the other half. This is evidenced by the fact that the self-employed pay both sides, 15%. OUCH!

Have a blessed weekend. :)

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