Thank you Natty
September 4, 2008
I took some good losses today, but my portfolio only declined .5% versus 2.99% on the S&P 500, due to overweighting Natural Gas via UNG and XTO. Natural Gas rose .11 to $7.38 (1.57%). The BA strike negotiations have been continued 48 hours on request of the WA Governor, although workers had voted to strike this morning. Machinists were yelling “sell out” at their negotiators this AM. What a bunch of lazy f*cks. 11% pay raise isn’t enough in this economy? W-T-F.
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