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    Doom!!!!!!

    BBC NEWS | Business | Market Data | Stock Markets | London Stock Exchange LSE | FTSE 100 UKX

    FTSE fallen 2%. This is the start of the next big market crash(fingers crossed) .

    4500 here we come.
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

    #2
    This is it. The big one. Down 2% in one day so in 50 days it will be at zero. I love extrapolation.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      This is it. The big one. Down 2% in one day so in 50 days it will be at zero. I love extrapolation.
      No, in 50 days it will be down to 37.16% of todays starting value if it loses 2% of the each day's starting value per day.
      Last edited by Scrag Meister; 4 April 2012, 15:26.
      Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
        No, in 50 days it will be down to 37.16% of todays starting value if it loses 2% of the each day's starting value per day.
        You used a spreadsheet for that didn't you.
        What happens in General, stays in General.
        You know what they say about assumptions!

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          #5
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          You used a spreadsheet for that didn't you.
          Yes.

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            #6
            Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
            You used a spreadsheet for that didn't you.
            More likely he stuck 0.98^49 into a calculator

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              #7
              Originally posted by Bunk View Post
              More likely he stuck 0.98^49 into a calculator
              Have you met him? I have. He's got far to much gold jewellery on his hands to be able to use a calculator.
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                Have you met him? I have. He's got far to much gold jewellery on his hands to be able to use a calculator.
                That wasn't jewellery, that was a knuckle-duster. He only put it on when he saw you coming.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  This is it. The big one. Down 2% in one day so in 50 days it will be at zero. I love extrapolation.


                  If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.

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