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Old 07-02-2002, 11:48 AM   #101
Yorick
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam)
Age: 52
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Originally posted by Silver Cheetah:

It seems to me that the stock market at its worst is little more than a giant casino (I said at its worst...)
Definitely, but a recession can be talked up or talked down. Consumer confidence or lack of it, it the key. If enough people - in fear, don't spend - the economy collapses.
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