well..."if you said so then it must be so, it cannot be otherwise"

thanks you...i am playing with the casino money now..i can never lose...

it is the market money...the profit...the most less profit..

only stubborn ppl lose...

they lose their  integrity, by been stubborn to the fact...

cheongwee,

what u think of Map Tech tomorrow. hope k share some views

the problem is you did not miss the train, you alighted too early...

thus you miss alot of profit...am i right???

and no..dow did not plunge..50pts down is nothing..to shout...even 100 pts...only 500pts..coming, but not now...

your cash is not declining, but it is growing ???not growing right.......like mine cash on guocoleisure...tioong woon...etc..etc..

buy qianhu...sure be happy ok...pls dyodd..

Aug 27, 2009, 11:10 a.m. EST

U.S. stock market takes detour from positive economic data

Sorry, i do not really follow the trend especially after this weird rally, im out of equities.

Just remember this, buy when people are selling and sell when people are buying.

Making money opportunites will come after the pullback but don't expect anytime soon.

Oh no, i am very satisfied with my profits now.

Staying risk free and without stress is healthy.

Did i miss the train? No, i just alight... hehe

DOW is plunging now but my cash will not decline, right?

Aiyoyo...you make $$$..still can make..trust me...dont be scare...u still got one whole month..

you know how much i make...i dont want to post here...u never believe,,,but important thing is the rally is still on....you are missing the opportunity..

i know the data are doctor...i know they are political point to score for them...i know all..

but i know this...you are sour that u miss the train...am i right??...be honest with me...it is normal for jeolousy...i know this is human...no worry...yah..

never mind just join cheongwee in his stock...u be a happy woman like me...pls dyodd..

you know how many bank are there in US....

Chart 4. The title is "Number of U.S. Banks by Size Category"

A bar chart. 4,893 banks or savings institutions have more than $100 million in assets; 3,517 have $100 to $500 million; 859 have $500 million to $5 billion; 150 have $5 to $50 billion; and 22 have more than $50 billion

and that is after the 416 go under...so what is 416??

do you know how bank fail in the last depression...9000..i highlight in yellow color...that is scaring..

416 ...is nothing...

In the 1920s, Nebraska and the nation as a whole had a lot of banks. At the beginning of the 20s, Nebraska had 1.3 million people and there was one bank for every 1,000 people. Every small town had a bank or two struggling to take in deposits and loan out money to farmers and businesses. As the economic depression deepened in the early 30s, and as farmers had less and less money to spend in town, banks began to fail at alarming rates. During the 20s, there was an average of 70 banks failing each year nationally. After the crash during the first 10 months of 1930, 744 banks failed – 10 times as many. In all, 9,000 banks failed during the decade of the 30s. By 1933, depositors saw $140 billion disappear through bank failures. Gresham, Nebraska, had two banks – one too many for that small town. The bank in danger of failure merged with the other. Gresham resident Walter Schmitt (right) remembers the deadly consequences for the owner of the failed bank. When a new president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, banks in all 48 states had either closed or had placed restrictions on how much money depositors could withdraw. FDR's first act as President was to declare a national "bank holiday" – closing the banks for a three-day cooling off period. The most memorable line from the President's speech was directed to the bank crisis – "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Some economists and historians have argued that the bank crisis caused the Great Depression. But others have looked at fundamental economic factors and regional histories and argued that banks failed as a result of the economic collapse. Whether the fear of bank failures caused the Depression or the Depression caused banks to fail, the result was the same for people who had their life savings in the banks – they lost their money. At the beginning of the 30s, there was no such thing as deposit insurance. If a bank failed, you lost the money you had in the bank. Carla Due's family experienced the fear that a bank failure would wipe out savings. Birdie Farr's (left) father-in-law, Jack Farr, lost his savings in a Grand Island bank, but he was philosophical about it. Birdie says, "There wasn't nothing for him to do. He said, 'Standing there crying isn't going to help.'" Louise Dougherty's (right) father owned a bank in Perkins County. When the Depression hit, he worked hard to keep the bank afloat. But the Depression went on too long, and eventually he was forced to go out of business. Written by Bill Ganzel of the Ganzel Group. First written and published in 2003.   Foreclosures Go to: