Quote from detective:
This market environment is quite different from the 2000-2001 environment. Throughout this bull phase from 2003 to 2007, people have not really embraced stocks as risk-free and a steady source of returns like they did back from the mid 90s to 2000. People are more hardened and cynical now then back in 2001. I see less speculation, lower expectations than back then. This is a more bullish market than back then. But this is still a bear market. You can't expect the endless selling that we saw in 2001, that was one of the most bearish markets I have seen in a long time. This one will have its own character, but a milder bear market which will last a while nonetheless because the fundamentals are so bad.
the only difference here is that the speculation and outright fraud; hype; bamboozled; lets party like its 1999; i can buy a house with no money down and get money on top of that is not in the stock market this time around...ala circa 1999-2000 when the analysts on wallstreet fueled the bubble...peace

