Quote from ralph00:
This bust isn't just about subprime. Its the bursting of a super-mega-credit bubble dating back to at least 3 decades and probably longer. This collapse is in the process of destroying every single icon and business associated with that bubble.
The two largest shibboleths associated with the super-mega bubble are "buy and hold" and "buy the dip". I can think of no bigger symbol of this than Warren Buffet (Bill Miller is close and we know what happened to him). This collapse will be over when belief in Buffet and his creed is shattered. It looks like that process is well underway.