Quote from Bigpipn:
Even the phony gummit #s are fugly. Do not be fooled, we are going much, much lower. We could very well see a sharp rally to ~1080 area. There are still a few months of +-7-9% days.
There is no escaping the reality that this entire system is on the verge of collapse.
Be sure to position yourself properly after this deflationary cycle unwinds, as, this (assuming the system doesn't collapse) will be the great inflation.

Quote from saliva:
That would be the greatest doomsday scenario.
Quote from Lawrence Chan:
Officially there will be no inflation or mild inflation only as price control will be applied on everything very soon. Just that nothing is available at the "official" prices.
Think about volka in old USSR then you will get the picture.
Quote from Lawrence Chan:
I guess my conjecture that people will spend more during Christmas by selling their only marketable assets (i.e. stocks, bonds) just happened.
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/081204/120408_mutual_funds.html