How the World Almost Came to an End, 9/18/08

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by flytiger, Feb 10, 2009.

  1. bidask

    bidask

    who was withdrawing the $500 billion in that hour or two? that's what i want to know.
     
  2. Stock_Trad3r... oBvi0usLy!
     
  3. yeah....and had our fed not closed down the operation, who could've withrawn $5T from our system? obviously china.....
     
  4. AAA30

    AAA30

  5. bidask

    bidask

    why china?

     
  6. no particular reason........who else could've? Europe was just as hellish those days.......... china or Japan, or both, had to be a major.
     
  7. That's right, there's all sorts of stupid sensationalist crap in these... I commented on this in a couple of threads that have since disappeared.

    Whoever looks at this as a giant conspiracy by the Chinese or whatever, has absolutely no idea of a) how the money markets work; b) what m-mkt funds do and how they operate; and c) what actually happened on and immediately before Sep 18, 2008.
     
  8. Ribs

    Ribs

    The FED could have done it all

    all of it

    they could have done it from overseas even

    they are a capable bunch
     
  9. Ribs

    Ribs

    MOD who moved this thread is a small minded individual

    small time loser

    probably Ivanovich
     
    #10     Feb 10, 2009