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Topic: Trader's Corner 2008 |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:27 pm Subject: Re: Trader's Corner 2008 |
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Woah it seems that all the "bottom pickers" have decided to jump on board at once. I have never seen such a strong opening. Monday shoul ... |
Topic: Trader's Corner 2008 |
cube
Replies: 938
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:01 pm Subject: Re: Trader's Corner 2008 |
My prediction: Sideways Dow for the next 10 years, hovering around 10,000 ---> 4,000.There fixed that for you.
I was talking to my brother in law and I told him what if the Dow drops ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:20 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
That's my vision of post PO transportation.
Man, we are right back to where we usually end up - reality. Ugh.
Too true, cube. The train of the future is a pragmatic one, not a flashy on ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:03 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
The 104,600 are daily ridership. Does Easyjet pay off their jet on the first day?Who the FCUK said anything about paying it off in a single day?
Capital costs means just that, acquisition costs. Ther ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:32 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
| I dunno; one the one hand, it IS a lot of money. On the other hand, the rails themselves might have a useful life of 100+ years, making the inflation-adjusted cost seem pretty minimal. It's a gamble ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
Replies: 38
Views: 1008
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
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Yes, airlines are cheapest form of travel. Not only that, they are the fastest, the most energy efficient and ... the most ecological way to travel. That is the reason why they actually make mone ... |
Topic: Trader's Corner 2008 |
cube
Replies: 938
Views: 63616
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:50 pm Subject: Re: Trader's Corner 2008 |
to: shady28
are you a trader? |
Topic: Everyone who is NOT heading for the hills, raise your hand. |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:48 pm Subject: Re: Everyone who is NOT heading for the hills, raise your ha |
*raises hand*
I'm too much of a city slicker to go anywhere.
I'm not a fan of the "escape from the city" mentality that so many people on this board have.
http://cineleet.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:19 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
| Cube, allow me to ignore your question, as amortizing infrastructure costs over a one-year operating period for any system seems a bit disingenuous, and pose another one.So you believe paying $172,084 ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Views: 1008
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:34 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
Allow me a moment.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
-pauses-Are you ready to cry emersonbiggins?
The Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system. It is operated b ... |
Topic: Can Mass Transit and railways help us? |
cube
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:16 pm Subject: Re: Can Mass Transit and railways help us? |
| The mass transit railway they just put in here has been a HUGE success. So much so that they are having to import train cars from the 70s & refurbish them to use. Buses run, for the most part, o ... |
Topic: Housing and Economic Collapse - In Progress #3 |
cube
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:04 pm Subject: Re: Housing and Economic Collapse - In Progress #3 |
| Two different teachers came to me last week. Both were losing their houses for different reasons. One had used her house as collateral to buy a fast food franchise. The other was about $100,000 ups ... |
Topic: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
cube
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Views: 1008
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:51 pm Subject: Re: Air France figures it out, e.g. high-speed rail |
Plus, last time I tried to use it the workers decided the nice weather is perfect for a strike.You must live in France?
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Thanks to cheap energy, we currently live in a world where a: ... |
Topic: A Totally New Thread |
cube
Replies: 42
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:38 pm Subject: Re: A Totally New Thread |
question: "How many posts do you start each day?"
answer: less than Graeme
In all fairness he seems to have calmed down quite a bit.
There was a time when Graeme went totally out of con ... |
Topic: Housing and Economic Collapse - In Progress #3 |
cube
Replies: 938
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:37 pm Subject: Re: Housing and Economic Collapse - In Progress #3 |
Today's plunge in stocks/commodities has more to do with the settlement of Lehman derivatives than anything else, although ordinary margin calls were also an important factor.
Once the Lehman settl ... |
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