Posts tagged “stock market”

The Dow dropped an amusing 355 points yesterday. Raymond, Ed, Martin and basically everyone else...Sep 4, 2002

I know I shouldn't enjoy the Dow's 355-point drop, but I can't help it. It's like watching the Titanic sink. Horrible, yes, but you can't look away. Friends say I should care more about the economic fallout. They're probably right. But I'm still watching.

Come, spend hours browsing the ad graveyard -- don't be fooled by the really tiny "[more]" links,...Aug 15, 2002

Browse the ad graveyard for hundreds of funny rejected ads. And what's with the Dow's 250-point swing? Some madman with a joystick is giggling as he jiggles the economy around, amazed anyone thinks markets are rational.

The Dow's been climbing for the past 3 days in a row -- triple-digit climbing, mind, none of this...Aug 9, 2002

WorldCom's already-record fraud just doubled to $7 billion. Whoops! The Dow's been climbing anyway, and Modern Humorist remains funny with new Muppet characters and Anna Nicole Smith content.

Ah, the Dow: my favourite spectator's sport. What will it do today? Will it plunge downwards again,...Jul 30, 2002

The Dow is my favorite spectator sport right now. Will it crash or rocket skyward today? Either way, the breathless financial coverage is pure entertainment. Also: check out Typorganism's ASCII art generator. Upload your face, see yourself in print.

In the news today, it seems that British children are officially banned from having fun in any way,...Jul 29, 2002

British kids can't play, marshmallow roasting is deadly, Austin Powers 3 is rubbish (though Beyonce helps), the stock market refuses to dramatically collapse, and 80s TV makes you smarter. Just another day in the news.

It's official: the US is sick of hearing about Afghanistan and the Middle East again. So it's back...Jul 19, 2002

America's moved on from war coverage to kidnapped girls and cratering markets. Meanwhile, I start at IBM Hursley Monday, shirtless and clueless, since my boss hasn't called and my shirts are on the south coast. Crash, markets, crash!

Yeah, I know, two in one day. I'll stop soon, I promise. But I just had to point out the joy that...Jul 16, 2002

Two posts in one day -- sorry! Check out AllTooFlat.com, especially *A Brie History of Time* and the Google mirror. Also, the stock market's continuing slide looks eerily like 1929, and I'm worried history is about to repeat itself.