Downtimers http://downtimers.com/ because the men's room was taken en Copyright 2008 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:36 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss What we're reading

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/12/10/what_were_reading.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/12/10/what_were_reading.html Humor Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:36 -0500 What we're listening to

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/12/10/what_were_listening_to.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/12/10/what_were_listening_to.html Music Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:59:47 -0500 I'm Mad as Hell Network

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/11/06/im_mad_as_hell.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/11/06/im_mad_as_hell.html Humor Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:15:40 -0500 Joe the Plumber Shadowcrash: I put the broke in brokerage account.

More popular Halloween costume: joe the plumber or joe sixpack?

about 13 hours ago from Twittelator

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/16/joe_the_plumber.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/16/joe_the_plumber.html Humor Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:26:31 -0500 U.S. Will Invest $250 Billion in Banks The Treasury Department, in its boldest move yet, plans to invest up to $250 billion in banks, The New York Times reported. President Bush announced the measure on Tuesday morning after a harrowing week in which confidence in financial markets vanished.

NYT: Dealbook
CLusterstock: Treasury Seizing Stakes In Nine Big Banks
MR: The Deal
Bloomberg says none of the banks were given a choice.

Is this even constitutional?

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/14/us_will_invest_250_billion_in_banks.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/14/us_will_invest_250_billion_in_banks.html Bailout Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:01:43 -0500 Bailout Stream of News

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/12/bailout_stream_of_news.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/12/bailout_stream_of_news.html Bailout Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:51:17 -0500 NYT on Buffett Buffett made $8 billion from August 29 to October 1

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/nyt_on_buffett.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/nyt_on_buffett.html Bailout Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:03:42 -0500 on Retirement ShadowCrash: geriatric life of crime or geriatric gigolo(TM). What's yours?

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/on_retirement.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/on_retirement.html Humor Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:21:35 -0500 America the Banana Republic Hitchens: A money class fleeces the banking system while the very trunk of the national tree is permitted to rot and crash.

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/america_the_banana_republic.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/america_the_banana_republic.html Opinion Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:43:04 -0500 Market Q&A 9:24 am
MBA: market is crashing today, down almost 700 already and oil is getting crushed
me: is it because short selling is back?

MBA: thats part of it. no confidence in the system; ok, only down 400 now - crazy
MBA: economy is in a recession and the credit markets are completely frozen. its simple

9:41 am
me: so who is pulling the money out of the market at this pace?
MBA: everybody at this point. today they are saying the large mutual funds are liquidating because small individual investors have started to stop putting money into their accounts or flat out withdrawing it. possible indication we're near a bottom since the small investors tend to be the least knowledgeable and savvy

me: but there are people that make money as it goes down correct?
MBA: yeah, short sellers or people who own puts

9:48 am
MBA: there are quite a few ways to make money in a declining market such as options

MBA: now the dow is positive!

]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/market_qa.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/market_qa.html Recession Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:02:02 -0500 what to read during the banking crisis
  • Free exchange
  • Brad Setser: Follow the money
  • Stumbling and Mumbling
  • Becker-Posner Blog
  • Greg Mankiw
  • Real Time Economics
  • Marginal Revolution
  • Oliver Kamm's Blog
  • Paul Krugman
  • calculatedrisk
  • Arnold Kling
  • Dealbreak
  • clusterstock
  • Naked Capitalism ]]> http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/what_to_read_during_the_banking_crisis.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/what_to_read_during_the_banking_crisis.html Blogroll Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:03:51 -0500 Shadowcrash on the Market I'm abandoning the market and going back to sports gambling.

    ]]>     http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/shadowcrash_on_the_market.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/10/shadowcrash_on_the_market.html Humor Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:46:40 -0500     Twitter on Buffett shadowcrash: I know warren buffet's old, but his biography's 900+ pages. You'd think 50 billion could pay for an editor.

    ]]>     http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/twitter_on_buffett.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/twitter_on_buffett.html Humor Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:20:38 -0500     Wall Street Bull Has Blue Balls Gothamist has this pic of the Blue Ball Bull on Wall St.

    Saw on Daily Show last night that the debt clock near MSG has run out of digits now that national debt is at tens of trillions of dollars.

    Related: your moment of zen

    ]]>     http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/wall_street_bull_has_blue_balls.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/wall_street_bull_has_blue_balls.html Humor Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:27:29 -0500     Alex P. Keaton for President 80s Tees

    ]]>     http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/alex_p_keaton_for_president.html http://www.downtimers.com/2008/10/09/alex_p_keaton_for_president.html Humor Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:58:29 -0500