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To: John Koligman who wrote (74677)	11/27/2007 3:29:46 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Hi John, yes! I've noticed that we keep getting bailed or bought out by either Arab companies with their cash infusions or by Chinese companies like their purchases of hedge funds. Very scary. I remember feeling this way when Japanese companies were buying out American companies and real estate. It's deja vu. This could be a hard landing or even a recession. It could even last through the end of next year. Forgive me for bringing up politics again, but I don't think you can separate the two. I think that next year being an election year will have a big impact, because the policies of the current administration have been one of big gov't spending overseas, whereas if a Democrat gets elected, we'll have big gov't spending on domestic issues like health care. So I think that will have economic consequences, which will have concommitant stock market consequences. In the mean time, we could be in for a pretty choppy 2008, which you are right, will make for a trader's dream market. Either way, I'll keep buying with money from the savings out of my bi-weekly paycheck. When things turn up, either second half of 2008 or early 2009, I'll be much happier.