DOW to 20,000 today?!!

[BehindBlueI's]

I haven't had a raise in three years, good employee, no problems.
My Soc. Sec. Has gone down.
My pension is stagnant and soon to run out from lack of funds (Teamsters).
My gas bill went up some
My electric went up some
My water went up some
House insurance went up a bunch
Groceries are up
Gasoline is creeping up
Car insurance is up some
Cable bill is creeping up. I wish I could get rid of it.
The phone bill is out of this world, went up $70 last month? Something about a one time charge?
Everything is creeping up in cost but it's value to me has not changed so what am I to think?
The value of the dollar is dropping?

That your wages aren't keeping up with the economy. That's been the case for the rank and file workers for quite some time. Do a little research into who's reaping the benefits of the economic recovery. The dollar isn't going down, you just aren't getting the share of the pie you used to.

 

[foszoe]

If you like risk

Marijuana based drugs

CARA for example

 

[JettaKnight]

I haven't had a raise in three years, good employee, no problems.
My Soc. Sec. Has gone down.
My pension is stagnant and soon to run out from lack of funds (Teamsters).
My gas bill went up some
My electric went up some
My water went up some
House insurance went up a bunch
Groceries are up
Gasoline is creeping up
Car insurance is up some
Cable bill is creeping up. I wish I could get rid of it.
The phone bill is out of this world, went up $70 last month? Something about a one time charge?
Everything is creeping up in cost but it's value to me has not changed so what am I to think?
The value of the dollar is dropping?

Again, that's you, not the economy as a whole.


EDIT: I see BBI beat me to it.

 

[JettaKnight]

If you like risk

Marijuana based drugs

CARA for example

Foszoe's writing Haikus?


It does keep his posts to a readable size.

 

[hoosierdoc]

That weren't no 5-7-5 haiku

If'n you like risk
Buy Marijauana-based stocks
like CARA for one

 

[jamil]

That weren't no 5-7-5 haiku

If'n you like risk
Buy Marijauana-based stocks
like CARA for one

Much better.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Fingers crossed...

 

[hoosierdoc]

BOOM!

trump fulfills campaign promises and market jumps

maybe they really believe he'll do tax cuts now

 

[JettaKnight]

So much for the nutter that claimed we'd hit 5,000 before we hit 20,000.

 

[JollyMon]

JollyMon is such a savage to some of his facebook friends.

 

[miguel]

[video=youtube;jEH6eDpjgRw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEH6eDpjgRw[/video]

 

[hoosierdoc]

Gas was $1.71 in franklin this morning.

don't track unemployment percentage, track number of adults not working

 

[Leadeye]

Maybe I should think about retiring again.

 

[Stickfight]

That your wages aren't keeping up with the economy. That's been the case for the rank and file workers for quite some time.

Is "rank and file" code for unionized?

 

[jamil]

Is "rank and file" code for unionized?

I'd say it refers more to blue collar, which includes union, but isn't necessarily that.

 

[BugI02]

Is "rank and file" code for unionized?

"The non-executive and non-managerial employees of a company. The term originates from the formations of military personnel, since troops would stand next to each other (rank) and in a line (file) when marching, while officers would march on the outside of the formation."

Don't know where Union Stewards would stand, never felt they wanted to be 'one of us' when I did time in a union shop

 

[hoosierdoc]

Bump for 21,000 this week?!

 

[hoosierdoc]

Boom, I say BOOM!

 

[Mgderf]

Yep, just heard the Dow was up 200+ just a while ago, putting it well above 21,000.
Now if it can just hold that until the close...

 

[JettaKnight]

The bears have gone silent.