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To: John Vosilla who wrote (94061)	9/15/2010 8:20:15 PM
From: Crossy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 118717

John, you don't need any "conspiracy theories" to explain empirical observavle herd behaviour. The business cycle does it all itself and if it'S a particularly vicious cylce (which stemmed from a credit meltdown in the case of the "Great Recession") then it's even more pronounced. The next bull market is always born as a dwarf during the recession. But those in a state of shock and their constant fear just missed about 50% upside or more by not being invested since the low of March/2009. It's always that way. that's why it's important to find "less correlated" asset classes. you can optimize your net worth's and reduce volatility by going this route. My venturing into preferreds and high yields (becoming a coupon-clipper sort of) is just one implementation of this strategy. rgrds CROSSY