Just like rumors of a bailout for Ambac (ABK) seem to be never ending, the current correction in the stock market seems like it has been going on forever (since the maximum decline in the S&P 500 is still under 20%, it is still officially a correction). Below we highlight all S&P 500 corrections of 10% or more from 1927 to present. Each point on the scatter chart below represents the decline of the correction along with the number of days it lasted. Compared to historical corrections of 10% or more, while the current period has been longer than average, the declines have so far been milder.
The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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