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Stage 1: Lean Towards Safety
September 4, 2007
"Safe" is a happy word
"Safe" is a happy word.
Stage 2: Consider Panicking
August 19, 2008
Don't Panic
First, panic! No, just kidding. First, don't panic.
So, again, don't panic.
Do not panic if your overseas investments tank for a time.
Eighth. Panic. Oops. I did it again. Nope, don't panic.
Then, panic! Ooops. I did it again.
Stage 3: Admit Defeat
October 6, 2008
How to Ruin the U.S. Economy
There, that should do it.
Sorry Ben, but deep down you probably knew it was coming. As seen in that first stage...
I love following the stock market. In the very long run it's a beautiful thing, at least in the postwar world, and I hope it doesn't turn around and bite my head off the way it did in the tech crash. - Ben Stein, September 4, 2007
Ten Economic Questions for 2025
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Here is a review of the Ten Economic Questions for 2024.
Below are my ten questions for 2025 (I've been doing this online every year
for 20 years!). These...
1 hour ago
4 comments:
Stag,
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/meltdown_retirement.html
Poned! Looks like 75 is the new 65.
It's okay though. The boomers can retire on the house, err..
MAB,
Want scary?
From your link...
Retirement accounts have lost $2 trillion, leading Americans to keep working, stop saving
Keep working? Good luck on that one, the employment reports haven't exactly been offering a lot of hope there.
Stop saving? This country has a negative savings rate. It has a relatively high speculation rate though (but only on "sure things" that only go up). Maybe that's what we'll cut back on.
Stag,
I don't trade, but I'm curious as to how this latest slide pans out for the in and out crowd.
The past 25 years have conditioned traders to expect rebounds after big drops. These rebounds have often been large due to short covering. However, the recent short ban may throw a monkey wrench into the commmon wisdom. The anticipated short squeeze is likely to be short on short sellers - an unintended consequence.
We truly have a casino eCONomy. Tragic, but good theatre non the less.
MAB,
I don't trade, but I'm curious as to how this latest slide pans out for the in and out crowd.
On CNBC today, there was a headline at one point asking if this was the bottom. The Dow was down about 60 points. Using the power of hindsight and seeing an additional 450 point drop, I guess it wasn't.
Wall Street Crash of 1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
In the days leading up to Black Tuesday, the market was severely unstable. Periods of selling and high volumes of trading were interspersed with brief periods of rising prices and recovery.
It was an Age of Turbulence.
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