[Obadiah]

They markets will totally rebound tomorrow, especially if Obama gives another speech.

[Thorliveshere]

“Everything is coming up roses...”

[Kartographer]

"Beans, Bullets, and Bandages"

[qam1]

It’s the dump phase of pump & dump

[proxy_user]

I don’t remember anyone complaining when the market was going up like mad.

What, you didn’t know that markets can go both up and down?

[GOPJ]

Hope everyone’s out of debt or has fixed rates...

[Iron Munro]

I'll soon be able to start buying silver again.

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[upchuck]

Silver is down 6.3%

But, but, but the guy on the radio said silver was gonna double.

SLV on 3/27/2013, when I first heard that commercial: $27.91
SLV now: $19.22

And, FWIW, PSLV on 3/7/2013: $11.46
PSLV now: $$7.82

[I want the USA back]

“anihilated” means that they will be wiped out and dissappear.

Obviously not. The media does not know the meaning of restraint. Everything is hype with them. Anyone who has money in the markets has not lost any money, just as they have not made any money when the indexes are up.

Not until you sell. Then you lose money or make money.

And none of these figures consider inflation. And none of them consider the change in relative value of the currencies they are comparing to.

In other words, cool it.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Deflation on the way...

[PATRIOT1876]

“Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride”

[Mr. Jeeves]

Cash is good now. Hyperinflation, while a future risk if the USA continues to be governed by morons, is a good way off yet.

Gold will be good again after it forms a bottom - maybe in a few more months.

Bonds will be good in a year or two after the big interest rate spike that is coming.

They have moved Heaven and Earth to stave off the Kondratieff Winter for twelve years. But it has all been for naught. The moment Bernanke officially starts "tapering", the roof is going to cave in.

[Darteaus94025]

In a panic, everyone goes to the US$ first.

[Labyrinthos]

Only an idiot thinks that a healthy market always heads straight up and that all downward movements are bad. Equity markets need health restoring corrections from time to time to shake out the crap, consolidate, and move forward. The US equity markets haven't had a correction since the current cyclical bull market started back in March, 2008. A 10% to 15% correction from the recent highs is a good thing and should be viewed as a buying oppurtunity.

Gold on the other hand is not an investment. The price of gold is based not upon intrisic value, but rather, emotional demand based upon talking points and late-night TV/radio ads. Although I feel sorry for Freepers who have speculated in gold during the recent "pump and dump," you can't say that I haven't warned you over the years.

In contrast to the equity markets, the collapse of the long-term bond market seems more like a bursting bubble than a health restoring correction. I bailed out of medium/long-term bond funds about three weeks ago, although I still have less volitile short-term bond funds in my portfolio.