i certainly don't want to be a stick in the mud, but you guys are all playing with fire.
buying stocks has nothing to do with anything! the elites will have you buy their stocks, which have been artificially inflated in price for over 10 years now, so that their phony funds APPEAR to be holding steady in the face of adversity, when in reality, the Dow, Nasdaq, etc. are just now approaching the levels they should have been trading at 3 years ago.
this is just all a continuance of a correction that was BADLY needed to restore reality in the US markets. plus, keep in mind that with disaster looming, and entire industries (airline, .com) tumbling in value, that unemployment is bound to approach 5 1/2%.
spending of all kinds is frozen, if you choose to be patriotic, and buy stocks, then you will only become a poor patriot.
- beware ANYTHING the govt. says!!!!!!
-Walt