To: RobFromGa
NASDAQ has a ways to go, however:
186 posted on
09/28/2006 10:33:02 AM PDT by
groanup
(Did you know there are actually Freepers who defend the IRS?)
To: groanup
If you take away the Nasdaq bubble of 1999-2000, there is a definite upward trajectory.
195 posted on
09/28/2006 10:49:19 AM PDT by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: groanup
I guess it all depends on whether you think the Nasdaq of 1999 and early 2000 was real, or a mirage. Since 9-11, the Nasdaq has performed MUCH BETTER than the Dow, up about 50% vs. 25% for the Dow. Both have seen this growth since the start of the Battle of Iraq, with the Nasdaq leading the charge:
216 posted on
09/28/2006 12:00:51 PM PDT by
RobFromGa
(The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)
To: groanup
Classic fabrication blip -- selling stocks based on "stories" instead of fundamental analysis. The media was happy to stoke this BS, because this aided the leftist claptrap that clinton was hyping, ergo that raising taxes did not harm the economy, but indeed provided enhancement. This was a critical element in their plan to completely discredit the Reagan economic agenda.
308 posted on
09/28/2006 9:19:04 PM PDT by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Democrats. French, but more cowardly.)
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