Gothamist: Worst Day on Wall Street Since 9/11!

arsguide

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:04:08 -0500

remember when the republicans wanted to allow people to invest ss money in the stock market? to me this feels like same old, same old, large amounts of money were invested and then pulled out of the internet bubble, then in real estate, then in forgein funds, then in commodities. There are people who are at the ground floor who get elevated with the momentum - look at all the re millionaries created because of housing prices in bklyn - and then are lots of people who are selling at the top and making profits and looking for the next best bet to place their money...its all just wealth moving around, disrupting the stability of markets...

NannyState

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:15:18 -0500

Excellent question,#34. The history of America in these times should basically be boiled down to a three and a half second sound bite to be delivered by Lindsey Lohan.

ides_of_march

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:10:14 -0500

This is what happens when the government rewards incompetence. This goes way back to the chrysler bail-out in 1980. Businesses take foolish risks and act recklessly expecting the federal government to pull their fat out of the fire if it all goes bad.

takethecanoli

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:08:36 -0500

Ha. The smart guys got out a while ago and are sitting on piles of money in the Caymans. The music always stops.

Future Taliban

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:59:25 -0500

Can we at least collapse as an empire with a little dignity like the Romans did by celebrating one great big orgy? I mean I HAVE been getting f*ed all along these last 8 years, just not the way I expected....

Ben Affleck

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:55:27 -0500

What I want to know is what Matt Damon and Lindsay Lohan think about this.

Shinobi Shaw

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:14 -0500

Well, now most New York guys will have a chance to compete against the now poor Wall Street types. No more gold digging for you, bitches!

chuzzlewit

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:43:32 -0500

hello and welcome New Poor People! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments regarding this matter.

cucarachita

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:17:32 -0500

I walked by the Lehman Bros. building at lunchtime today. There were all sorts of TV trucks waiting out front, everyone looking at the building as if they were waiting for its video facade to burst into tears.

Kojak

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:23:19 -0500

I'm just wondering where the chicks on Stone street will go now looking for Rich Investment bankers.

everyAframe

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:07:19 -0500

Then again, I didn't want to sell my place in the next four years, anyway.

dooWOP

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:55:19 -0500

Where are the Cho Seung Huis of Wall St? I want payback!

west side Michael

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:52:55 -0500

I am glad reality is setting in. I ain't worried till the bars in Chelsea go out o' business due to lack of customers. If dat happens ,wow!! Whoopie, "make it a double bartender please"!

the3rdbridge

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:52:48 -0500

WWIII

Billiamsburg

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:28:51 -0500

FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

Snoopy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:34:03 -0500

Nero was an emperor, not a dictator. He earned his job fair and square, his mother killed off the competition. Actually during Nero's term as chief executive officer Rome was doing quite well. It was his lavish spending that put a bit of a bite on the populace, but they recovered, he didn't. I would rather hold a piece of real NYC property than stock in any company out there, including the casino stocks. At least it's real. This will clear out all the deadwood floating around NYC. How is Bloomberg doing?

eyekantspel

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:32:32 -0500

yeah, NYC real estate, your time has come. All the people on this site who were longing for a return to the 70s, when NYC was "edgy", well, it's coming. First, we have massive layoffs. Bear, Lehman, Merrill, AIG, etc. All that job loss will kill the real estate market, kill all the other businesses who rely on Wall Street money, and, most importantly, kill tax revenues - this at a time when we were already facing a 6.4 billion dollar budget deficit. No budget for low level jobs, social services or police, and we're looking at a new crime wave. People are already seeing more squeegee men, and we're just getting started. Anyone who bought in a new, fringe neighborhood- well, you're probably more screwed than the rest of us.

blablanyc

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:23:27 -0500

There being fewer investment banks is better in a way. The reckless banks have been weeded out. Now there is less competition. The remaining banks will be more careful and selective for their own prosperity. Hopefully the stock holders will appreciate it. The housing market needs to fall back to earth. Housing isn't the commodity some people make it out to be.

duggy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:59:46 -0500

With all these investment banks imploding and so many people getting fired, this does not bode well for the NYC property market.

NannyState

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:53:09 -0500

^ Well, I certainly agree that no one should allow W. to touch the controls of a plane, a supercollider, or the "football" while he still draws breath. His is a bible thumping parody of a biblical figure come to life as a biblical calamity.

babyhitler

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:43:12 -0500

#12- George Bush will make it happen. I don't know if he's the most idiotic president ever but he certainly is the unluckiest. Has any other president had a specter of impending apocalypse like George Bush? and Nero doesn't count cause he was a dictator.

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:33:19 -0500

any comments from Bloomberg? I think I'm going to download Boiler Room.

Steven

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:27:36 -0500

Greed is what drivers these investment banks and their employees. When it comes to money there is never enough to be made. You could earn a billion dollars in a year and still want more.

marymj

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:21:57 -0500

Simply put - history repeats itself, again and again. And after recovery it WILL happen again. Unfortunately, it is painful at present.

iralarry

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:09:30 -0500

Are any of you really surprised by this economic debacle? Hey this is capitalism at its "all for me none for you" best. If we don't start immediately working for AMERICA rather than working for me, myself and I, we will find ourselves crushed and pounded into sand. Truly the epitome of the "ME generation" at its best and worst.

Fritzdecat

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:08:02 -0500

Whats next? That can't be all the fireworks...something else has to implode before the years end, Anyone know what that might be?

Rose Zel Al B

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:06:16 -0500

Greed got them bankrupt! who lends 100 times the money you don't have??

NannyState

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:57:06 -0500

I don't think many Baby Boomers will be retiring anytime soon. These are the original douchebags that put their money in mutual funds and dot-com stocks. Believe me, they will be sweeping floors at Starbucks well into their nineties. And babyhitler, what does George W. have to do with the Hadron Collider in Switzerland? His last encounter with anything swiss was when he stole a Ricola cough drop from Condoleeza Rice.

Shinobi Shaw

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:11 -0500

This is why Gen X and Y have to organize themselves to overthrow these old bastard boomers! The are going to retire in a few years yet we young people are stuck with this mess for who knows how long! It's time we take our country back from these crooks!

babyhitler

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:42:53 -0500

George W. Bush is the gift that keeps on giving. I guarantee he's got an even greater parting gift come january. Hadron Collider malfunction anyone?

everyAframe

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:40:57 -0500

If middle America's gonna put the Jesus people in again, I'll be offering a fresh commenting perspective from Stockholm or Berlin after November.

WestVillageVintage

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:39:57 -0500

@matty What are you kidding? This is not the first time this has happened. If you're talking about some boomer CEOs with golden parachutes you'd be right... A lot of older people are right where you're at 20 years ago in the late 80's Take a step back and get a little perspective.

NannyState

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:30:17 -0500

This is just another bump: WaMu, A.I.G., Citigroup, NationalCity, you name it, they are out in the sea waiting to wash ashore. And the idiots in Washington act like we don't need the banks anyway so the economy will keep growing. With what money? The Federal Government's after a reported $400 billion deficit? We lived it up and spent and spent and saved nothing. And then we borrowed to keep it up. Thankfully PB&Js are still cheap.

Mike B.

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:24:13 -0500

Heavens, no, it's not the end of capitalism. That will be if we have to endure four more years of Republicans lining their own pockets at our expense. We'll all be hunter-gatherers then.

moonbeam

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:21:11 -0500

Yet, somehow, McCain claims the economy is still strong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igAmVs0cvY8&eurl= Then again, it wasn't long ago that he admitted he doesn't have a clue about economics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr6bwMXaTYc&feature=related

matty

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:03:22 -0500

It fucking sucks if you're just starting out in your career like I am. The boomers made all the money and now no one else can get a turn.

balutanski

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:46:54 -0500

I hope everybody loses everything. I'm tired of working.

bagelman

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:44:00 -0500

"People panicked but it's not the end of capitalism" too bad.

Felix Hoenikker

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:43:21 -0500

Any jumpers?