[grania]

All I know for certain is that people will be a bit more prudent over the next decade or two.

You think so? The spinners will get out there and say it was a temporary condition while people readjusted their investments and all of those good guys and gals out there in corporate America will be so relieved when the crooks are taken care of.

Denial, greed, and laziness are powerful influences on the investor.

What I did during the roller coaster ride is readjusted my (small) portfolio to be interesting, well run companies with good products to sell. And I'm sticking with them unless they give me a reason not to. And nobody's going to tell me what I should be doing!

[Lazamataz]

And nobody's going to tell me what I should be doing!

Pull your money out.

Now.

[jwh_Denver]

"All I know for certain is that people will be a bit more prudent over the next decade or two."

That line is from another poster. I don't buy it one bit. Here's these lazy Americans dealing with 10's of thousands of dollars and watch it going down and down. Hey, putz, you can sell it you know! Americans more time on planning their vacations than they do learning about the stock market.

A bit more prudent? I don't think so.