[SevenMinusOne]

This same doom and gloom the sky is falling "analysis" is put out every couple years now (going on 30 years) with slightly different verbiage / spin to correlate around the latest "crisis"......Or latest correction/drop on the DOW.

Yet, the United States continues to grow, continues to be the envy of the world....and will continue to do so for years ahead...

Side thought. With all the doom talk regarding "the DOW plunge"......if I'm not mistaken the DOW was actually about even last week at the end of the day (even with two big down days).

[gwilhelm56]

**Side thought. With all the doom talk regarding “the DOW plunge”......if I’m not mistaken the DOW was actually about even last week at the end of the day (even with two big down days).**

My portfolio has been even to UP, even with a few minor downers. This is more hype than anything... Creating a Catastrophy so the DEMS can cover their fingerprints.

Thank you CongressRAT Pelosilini and other assorted marxist Dems. If you’d have let us drill in ANWR in ‘94, The Gas price runup would Not have been so Heavy on citizens Paychecks, thus falling late on the Mortgages, pressuring the banks, etc etc etc.

And the DEMS want MORE POWER?? Not on my vote!!

[TomGuy]

if I'm not mistaken the DOW was actually about even last week at the end of the day (even with two big down days).

Even? Depends on where you draw the line.

Yes, for the week, it ended even. But it is down from its all-time high of a few months ago -- from near 14,000 to mid-11,000 this week.

[dragnet2]

if I'm not mistaken the DOW was actually about even last week at the end of the day (even with two big down days).

Yes yes...Like McCain said, our economy is fundamentally strong...

This is like living in a political twilight zone.

In this zone, if truth were a 50,000 ton silver ball, you couldn't find it with a metal detector.

[Captain Peter Blood]

We are in a crisis that has yet to end. May I remind many of you that October historically has been the month when catastrophic things seem to happen in the market. My guess is we are looking for a safe monetary haven and that is bonds or gold.