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Greenspan: Stocks to see 'significant correction
cnbc ^ | 7-31-2014 | reuters

Posted on 07/31/2014 5:02:30 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

Equity markets will see a decline at some point after rising for the past several years, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in an interview on Bloomberg TV.

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"The stock market has recovered so sharply for so long, you have to assume somewhere along the line we will get a significant correction ," Greenspan said on Wednesday.

Greenspan's comments come amid growing concern that interest rates near record lows are creating asset-price bubbles

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How bizarre that his name is GREENspan.
1 posted on 07/31/2014 5:02:30 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

The question is when. Put your money in S& P? Isn’t that stocks?


2 posted on 07/31/2014 5:30:31 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

yeah, I think the poster accidentally included a link to a different, bullish, story in the text here

I wonder how Greenspan, the father of all the great bubbles of our time, is able to sleep at night knowing what he did to the economy of our country?


3 posted on 07/31/2014 5:34:03 AM PDT by babble-on
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I wonder how Greenspan, the father of all the great bubbles of our time, is able to sleep at night knowing what he did to the economy of our country?


4 posted on 07/31/2014 5:42:13 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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To: Citizen Zed
Equity markets will see a decline at some point after rising for the past several years

"Sometimes, stocks go up. Other times, stocks go down."

Brilliant insight.

5 posted on 07/31/2014 5:55:59 AM PDT by wbill
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“”Sometimes, stocks go up. Other times, stocks go down. Brilliant insight.”

Right. At some point in the future it’s going to get cold and start snowing again.


6 posted on 07/31/2014 6:05:08 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Wasn’t it the Fed Chief Yellen, or whatever her name is, who said that the QE will end or be significantly reduced this October?

Well, if this is true, then I would be there will be s significant exiting from the stock market this end of Sept. and beginning of Oct.


7 posted on 07/31/2014 7:05:18 AM PDT by CapnJack
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Exiting to cash? To gold? To worthless bonds?


8 posted on 07/31/2014 7:08:01 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Citizen Zed

How much of a correction, and for how long?


9 posted on 07/31/2014 7:14:30 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: kjam22

I mis-typed “I will bet” in my original post.

But, who knows what people will put their money into if the QE stops this fall. What’s safe these days?


10 posted on 07/31/2014 9:33:53 AM PDT by CapnJack
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