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MotleyFool11
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 Posted May 25th, 2010 04:30 PM IP   
who is working an article about how the Flash Crash effected ETF traders?
"It's only money, not life or death"
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ISA_Coder
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Posted May 25th, 2010 05:28 PM IP
can you post a link to the article?
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MotleyFool11
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Posted May 25th, 2010 05:34 PM IP
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ISA_Coder wrote:
can you post a link to the article?
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there is no article yet
a reporter contacted me today who is working on an article
it appears they scraped my username from the Google FAS group
"It's only money, not life or death"
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membar
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Posted May 25th, 2010 05:40 PM IP
I didn't get one.
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HeidiTwit
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Posted May 26th, 2010 09:30 AM IP
Didn't get one. Did you talk to the reporter?
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MotleyFool11
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Posted May 26th, 2010 09:34 AM IP
I haven't talked to the reporter, exchanged a couple of e-mail. I didn't get home from the office until midnight Eastern time, so I turned off the alarm last night, just got up.
"It's only money, not life or death"
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JimmySmith
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Posted May 26th, 2010 10:15 AM IP
Top Ten Things MotleyFool11 Should Tell the WSJ about the Flash Crash:
10. "I was at work, so I slept through the whole thing."
9. "Did my therapist give you my name?"
8. "Here, I made this hat for you. The tinfoil will keep them from scanning your brain."
7. "I thought the Plunge Protection Team was supposed to keep those things from happening."
6. "I shorted the whole way down, then doubled my money on the way back up. Easy cheesy."
5. "People say that high frequency traders just want to get rich quick. I say, 'who wants to get rich slow?'"
4. "I haven't been able to wear underwear since."
3. "Where were you May 5th when I told everyone it was going to happen? Stupid Google deleted my post, too."
2. "I bet you thought I actually worked for the 'Motley Fool.' Do you really think those geniuses would have anything to do with the jokers on the Google boards?"
And the #1 thing Motley Fool should say to the WSJ about the flash crash is..
1. "Sorry about that. The 'b' and the 'm' are so close together on my keyboard."
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membar
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Posted May 26th, 2010 10:29 AM IP
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JimmySmith wrote:
Top Ten Things MotleyFool11 Should Tell the WSJ about the Flash Crash:
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7. "I thought the Plunge Protection Team was supposed to keep those things from happening."
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Ha! That was hilarious. I actually exclaimed "Thank God for the PPT" that day when things started to turn around.
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HeidiTwit
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Posted May 28th, 2010 09:58 AM IP
Jimmy - professional grade humor!
membar - this was the item I thought was deleted.
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