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To: Bob who wrote (7065)	11/14/2007 10:45:09 AM
From: Bob	Respond to of 50746

73 Reasons Why People Did Not Invest In The Stock Market 1934 Great Depression 1935 Spanish Civil War 1936 Economy Still Struggling 1937 Recession 1938 War Clouds Gather 1939 War in Europe 1940 France Falls 1941 Pearl Harbor 1942 Wartime Price Controls 1943 Industry Mobilizes 1944 Consumer Goods Shortages 1945 Post-War Recession Predicted 1946 Dow Tops 20 - Market Too High 1947 Cold War Begins 1948 Berlin Blockade 1949 Russia Explodes A-Bomb 1950 Korean War 1951 Excess Profits Tax 1952 U.S. Seizes Steel Mills 1953 Russia Explodes H-Bomb 1954 Dow Tops 300 - Market Too High 1955 Eisenhower Illness 1956 Suez Crisis 1957 Russia Launches Sputnik 1958 Recession 1959 Castro Seizes Power in Cuba 1960 Russia Downs U-2 Plane 1961 Berlin Wall Erected 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Kennedy Assassinated 1964 Gulf Of Tonkin 1965 Civil Rights Marches 1966 Vietnam War Escalates 1967 Newark Race Riots 1968 USS Pueblo Seized 1969 Money Tightens - Markets Fall 1970 Cambodia Invaded - Vietnam War Spreads 1971 Wage Price Freeze 1972 Largest US Trade Deficit Ever 1973 Energy Crisis 1974 Steepest Market Drop in Four Decades 1975 Clouded Economic Prospects 1976 Economic Recovery Slows 1977 Market Slumps 1978 Interest Rates Rise 1979 Oil Prices Skyrocket 1980 Interest Rates At All Time High 1981 Steep Recession Begins 1982 Worst Recession in 40 Years 1983 Market Hits New Highs 1984 Record Federal Deficits 1985 Economic Growth Slows 1986 Dow Nears 2000 1987 Record Setting Market Decline 1988 Election Year 1989 October "Mini Crash" 1990 Persian Gulf Crisis 1991 Communism Tumbles With The Berlin Wall 1992 Global Recession 1993 Health Care Reform 1994 Fed Raises Interest Rates Six Times 1995 Dow Tops 5000 1996 Dow Tops 6400 1997 Hong Kong Reverts To China 1998 Asian Flu 1999 Y2K Scare 2000 Tech Bubble Burst 2001 9/11 Terrorist Attacks 2002 Recession 2003 War In Iraq 2004 Rising Interest Rates 2005 Hurricane Katrina 2006 Real Estate Peaks 2007 ?????Take Your Pick, Subprime, Low Dollar... And One Good Reason Why You Should Have: $10,000 Invested in the S&P 500 Index in 1934 would have been worth over $21,000,000 before fees at the end of 2006 IGNORE THE "NOISE"