Stock indexes for the last week

[Loki]

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

http://uk.ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=%5EDJI


Nasdaq Composite:

http://uk.ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=%5EIXIC


FTSE 100:

http://uk.ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=%5EFTSE


Dax:

http://uk.ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=%5EGDAXI


Nikkei 225:

http://uk.ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=%5EN225

[Loki]

Nice thing about these charts is that they are almost live (15 min delay).

I will add commodities like gold and crude oil when I get a moment.

[HawkR]

Ain't Dow Jones jewish owned?

[Loki]

Ain't Dow Jones jewish owned?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an equity index which is made up of 30 of the largest companies in the US. It is not a company in itself, so is not owned by anyone. The Dow is the barometer of the health of the US economy, and the rest of the world's equity markets follow it slavishly.

The S&P 500 index is more representative of the US economy as a whole, as it is made up of 500 smaller companies -- but the S&P and Dow always follow the same trend with only minor differences.

[joe blowe]

The us government pumps around 4 billion $'s a day into the stock market. It seems like trying to prop up a dead horse.
The whole thing is a lie. There is so much printed money available (about 10 Trillion $'s). I did not say in circulation yet, just so far available - nevertheless enough of it to go around causing untold mischief.
It is madness. I do not see a happy ending for the situation.
I'll be glad to explain if anyone is interested.

[Oreka Bailoak]

The whole thing is a lie.

I'll be glad to explain if anyone is interested.
I'd like to hear your explanation.

[joe blowe]

if you go into www.usdebtclock.org and look at the numbers you will notice:
the total debt of the us is 14 T
the debt owed to foreign countries is 4 T+
the difference is basically printed money.
if you use the 'time machine' in the spreadsheet, (i've been following for a few years) you will notice the debt was at the end of Bush, 9 T with 6 T printed. Since then, they have printed 4 T (give or take a few hundred billion)
The whole world has printed over 50 T (including US), doubling the number of US $ in existence - not circulating cash, of course, numbers in bank accounts.
You will also notice the liabilities number at about 120 T - keep in mind that the total taxes collected (up on the rhs of the sheet) is about 2.1 T (used to be 2.4 T under Bush)
The important thing is the proportions between taxes collected and both debt an liabilities.
The money printed, in part can be pulled back from the banks. A bit of inflation will also do the trick and bring the dollar down to 50 % of its current value to square things off.
China is owed directly 1.3 T, Japan 1.4 and the Saudis 1.4 T - China however 'holds' about 8 T in US cash in its reserves. Japan has another bunch of US cash in reserves.
These guys don't want to see their reserves go down in value by 50 %.
Every crook in the world has their 'stash' in US bucks and don't want to see it devalue either... the world is waiting, wishing for this to go away, but it is too late, the damage has been done, finito.
But this is not the bad part, the bad part is that the 'lefties', unions, etc will not let a good crisis go to waste and will riot much more than they are now when the liabilities are curtailed.
The liabilities have to be curtailed because although there is a lot of 'cash' floating around, there is not a lot of wealth available.
There are not enough doctors and nurses and policemen and workers to fix infrastructure,etc. The justice system in the US is choke full with cases which it cannot even begin to deal with, most of them are resolved via plea bargains.
The US has now over 53% of the working population on welfare of some sort, taking more than they contribute. It is not a good picture.
I wish us all luck. This is not a US problem anymore, it is a world problem.
And then there is jihad waiting in the wings....:(