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Bankruptcies of Large U.S. Corporations Soar

Large bankruptcy means that it targets large companies with large debt/equity ratios. This is easy to avoid investing in large bankruptcies, just look at google finance.

Is the Market Going Lower? Silly Question!

Funny. Canada banking system is more solid than in 1997. Canadian Banks can vulture around and find value in any market and buy it with their ultrafat capital ratios. Canada debt to GDP is rock solid and employment here is still good, especially in the Eastern Canada, where the most socialistic provinces (Québec) are and where 50% of jobs are non cyclical because of this. Canada is indeed not trading at 1997 levels either and this is for a reason.

Give Me Three Reasons to Stay in This Market

Yes.
I would say buy and hold when you lose 50% must be amended to buy and hold and if you still believe, buy more now that you lost 50%. If this question is asked before investing and one is clearly not willing to invest more if a 50% loss is taken, then the buy and hold strategy is not for him/her. Risk tolerance assessment seldom consider the capacity of the investor to invest more money despite counterperformance even if it is probably the more reliable way to get good results on very very long term.

Where Will Baby Boomers' Savings Go?

The thing to do is to go in Canada and there is not all of these problems, or when they are there, they are manageable.

Why It's Not Different This Time: Facts for Comfort

Hehe, If US lose a war, its investor can still have positive gains by buying not more than 33% of American stocks in their portfolios. Add some Canadian Banks, Deutsche stocks, Brazil and Asian stocks.