[catfish1957]

One of her maxims was to keep a stash of ready cash, so as to take advantage of a distress sale when the opportunity arose

I go by the same philosophy. I bought more equities in the 1st half of '09 than in any other time of my entire 35 yrs. of investing. Was I nervous?, yep!!!!! But the consolidation had begun, and it was worth it.

[expat_panama]

Hi gang --running late on vacation sched but after yesterday's 'dead-cat-bounce' (rebound in lite trade) we're looking at more of the same.  Thinking of creating a 'more of the same' macro...

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