if Dow and S&P unwind like NazComp, gonna give it all back I can see Dow going back to 4000 to rest back to the 1994 level where it struggled all year long that was a very memorable year for me
as for social chaos, I expect to see Break&Enter crimes on the rise and perhaps summer homes of the wealthy being easy targets not stealing from stores, but from wealthy homes indiscriminantly, from honest and corrupt rich folks maybe some arson burning bonfires
in England the poor squat in remote castles legally we have no concept of a modernday depression supermarket can get looted, some may close in tough 'hoods item playtoys of the rich are at risk not boats and airplanes, but rather VCR, DVD, TV, PC the bandits will go after the alphabet tech items, and FOOD
but the unforeseen risk is for muggings to become epidemic just like in Argentina today a wise man this spring said to watch Argentina disintegrate that is what will happen to America I think he was right, since far too many poor and millions who were ripped off financially of their pensions and life savings
I would start with Robt Rubin's summer home in Hamptons in my college days, I was an accomplished SecondStory man for real, did it many times, almost always constructively a few times for payback / jim |