Quote from dac8555:
1. not a big deal? third largest point drop on the dow of all time...
2. Learn to spell "panic". the government trying to stop growth and investment of the fastest growing emerging market is a HUGE deal...which is why the market dropped 9%.
3. "profit taking"...famous last words.
4. every oter indicator is positive? like housing?
5. Terror under control??? according to whom? last i looked we were losing the war.
6. rate remain stable? last i checked there was a 40% chance of a downward revision by year end.
7. Corporate profits always increase??? since when?
where do you get this crap?
1. not in terms of percentages ... If the dow were at 100,000 a 1% selloff would be 1000 points
2. um only the chinese market fell 9% AND it is only speculation yet again. Nothing has been set in stone.
3. what else would you call it?
4. Housing is stabale and will probably rebound. The so called housing crash never happened.
5. There hasn't been a terrorist attack on the US since 2001. Also, there havn't been signifigant terror attacks in Europe either. The war on Iraq is ongoing. Bush could end it if he wants to and it wouldn;' affect the security of the US unlike say WW2 were there was NO option to pull out.
6. lower rates=bullish. Indicators point to lower rates or stable rates.
7. um for the past 60 years?