To: stomper who wrote (40495 ) 5/31/2002 2:38:16 PM From: AllansAlias Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 209892 LOL. BTW, I forget to post an updated Hope Chest. David's little missive is covered under Doppler's addition of the other day (the last one in this new list). New entries vis a vis the last posted are noted with asterisks. "Don't fight the fed. " "Markets always rise after N rate cuts. " . . . When: 2001, From: Berney "Baby boomers will rush in. " . . . When: Mostly the fall summer/fall of 2000 I think. "Election cycle and a republican win. " . . . When: Fall of 2000. "Cash on the sidelines will go to equities. " . . . When: all periods "A falling dollar is good for exporters. " . . . When: Summer/2001 and again now. "It was only a tech-wreck. " . . . When: Since spring of 2001 "Rydex is overly bearish. " . . . When: Winter, 2001/2002 "This is only an inventory correction. " . . . When: Summer 2001? "P/E's don't matter " . . . When: all periods "This is a new era in the VIX " . . . When: Winter, 2001/2002 "The consumer will bail us out. " . . . When: all periods "Hedge funds are now too popular. Must be a bottom. " . . . When: now "Real-estate can keep going up. " . . . When: all periods "We may never see inflation again. " . . . When: all periods "Second half recovery " . . . When: Spring 2001 and again now, From: TooBearish "China is a huge untapped market " . . . When: all periods, From: Lee Lichterman III "Tech is immune from higher interest rates and higher energy prices " . . . When: mostly summer and fall of 2000?, From: Lee Lichterman III "It's only a one-time charge. It's healthy. " . . . When: mainly 2001, From: jjstingray "In the long run, markets always go up. " . . . When: all periods, From: skinowski "Well, it isn't as if tech is going away. " . . . When: all periods, From: Shack "The market is already down so far, it's silly to sell now. " . . . When: From Spring of 2001, From: wstera_02 "There is record short interest. " . . . When: From Fall of 2001???, From: wstera_02 "The bad news is already priced in. " . . . When: all periods, From: bcrafty "It's different this time. " . . . When: all periods, From: Velo "The bubble was bad, now I'm "value investing". " . . . When: From summer 2001???, From: DrChas **"Too big to fail. Governments won't allow a destructive decline. " . . . When: From summer 2001???, From: jimcav **"There is just too much liquidity for the markets to really fall. " . . . When: From summer 2000, From: ken98 **"Economists agree there'll be a recovery. " . . . When: From summer 2001, From: jimcav **"Productivity is higher than it's ever been. " . . . When: all periods, From: Doppler