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Guess what was the only stock in the S&P 500 to gain today…

The S&P 500 retreated 106.59 points to 1,106.42, as only one company gained, Campbell Soup Co.

No shit.

via Wonkette, via Gruber


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17 replies on “Mm, Mm, Good”

  1. I still have a box of Top Ramen dating to 2003-2004. Perhaps Top Ramen as a commodity is optimized toward hoarders? It doesn’t seem to lend itself to to changing hands easily.

  2. bullshit, I was just in the store the other day and every can of Campbell’s soup was $2.30+ except for the kids’ ones that were marked down to a dollar fifty. That shit’s supposed to be a dollar!

    If you call gruel a real product…

  3. Was there ever a time when that stuff was real food? It seemed like it was when I was a kid, but maybe I’m misremembering. I bought a can a couple of weeks ago, in lieu of spending $7 on lunch, and it was some sort of dairy-like substance with a few bits of chicken and potato floating in it.

  4. No, no, I’m good. I took a beating today, but I can cope; I’m comfortable, and I still have a lot of working years left, and if I lose my job, which is unlikely, I’m in pretty good shape to get another like it. Millions of other people are in much more precarious positions.

  5. I just bought a couple of cans of good vegetable soup at the store on sale for 50 cents a piece. Now I’m thinking I should have stocked up.

    I’m in a similar situation to Fnarf. This is not great for, but even if I lose my job, I’ll probably be able to get another similar one. Probably.

    But, I have been making nonstop jokes about the coming Depression, living on the streets, the merits of different cooking preparations in making a meal of our dog, etc… It’s making my husband, who doesn’t care/know about economics as much as me kind of nervous.

  6. I had only one stock go up, UNFI, which is a natural foods distributor.

    Are there companies that make dog and/or cat food on the S&P? Probably a good depression proof stock.

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