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Is the Market Going Lower? Silly Question!

Depends on your time frame and if you believe in long term market cycles. One view is that we are in a secular bear market now, one that started in 2001. If the patterns of the past hold true, we will be in a secular bull market perhaps starting 2015 or so. That would be a damn good time to be 80% allocated to equities.

On Mar 03 04:45 PM xsellside wrote:

> A market meltdown like this begs the question, "should anyone EVER
> have a strategic asset allocation of 80% in stocks or more?" Traditional
> risk assessments of ability and willingness to take risk put many
> people in these allocations, but not one of these ‘questionnaires”
> really prepares an investor for this type of market.

Jim Rogers on the Economy - Bearish on Stocks and Government

Liabilities in a very broad sense. 75% of that is Social Security and Medicare money that has not been spent, and much of it may not be spent since boomers are not likely to retire any time soon. Not to mention that as future liabilities they should be subject to future value discounting.

On Feb 14 03:15 PM Tranquilmeditation wrote:

> Ex U.S. Comptroller David Walker claims the U.S. has $56 trillion
> in unfunded liabilities. Shorting America and its currency is not
> a difficult call. We might as well protect our wealth in the process.

Jim Rogers on the Economy - Bearish on Stocks and Government

Any economist who knows anything recognizes that immigration, both legal and illegal is absolutely key to the long term growth of America. Otherwise we do not have any cheap labor pool needed compete with 3rd world countries, our population would be declining, and there would be no pool of highly motivated 2nd generation Americans who are traditionally the greatest source of entrepreneurs in this country. Yes first generation illegal immigrants are a drain (about $50 billion per year), however if you include 2nd-4th generation children of illegals the picture becomes very different - to the tune of + $1 Trillion.

On Feb 14 02:18 AM Not A Stupid Obama Robot wrote:

> Rogers is right. Easy credit, materialism, instant gratification
> (and illegal aliens) got the U.S. into this mess. Now the new American
> president wants easy credit, materialism, instant gratification and
> illegal aliens. Go figure why American voters are so stupid, or,
> they want non-stop easy credit, materialism, instant gratification
> and illegal aliens to do the work t a tenth of the cost!

Plavix: Winners and Losers

Nattokinase has been implicated in cerebral hemorrhages. I would be very careful about putting untested enzymes like this in my body.

Chinese Stock Market Bottoms: What Should U.S. Investors Do?

There is no such thing as peak uranium if you build a breeder reactor.