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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1298070, member: 13650&quot;]I agree with these statements.&nbsp; Things have changed so much with this global economy that I don&#039;t see what&#039;s on the horizon that&#039;s going to boost our markets and make them profitable for everybody.&nbsp; I only see it hurting our economy and the markets going forward.&nbsp; &nbsp; In the 80s, we were in much better shape than we are now.&nbsp; &nbsp; A lot of business was still here that is gone now, never to return.&nbsp; &nbsp; The country didn&#039;t have anywhere near the debt burden that exists now, at all levels.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; You have 50% of the country that pays zero taxes.&nbsp; So you can assume that 50% of our population is not contributing a penny to the markets.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Of the other half, you could say the majority is fighting to maintain a middle class lifestyle and contributing very little to the markets if anything at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many struggling just to keep their homes.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t see this changing.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I just can&#039;t figure out who&#039;s going to be buying all this stock and driving prices up.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Gone are the days of millions graduating highschool and going straight to a blue collar job, contributing to a 401k with a company match their entire lives.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Now everybody goes to McDonalds or college and has to pay back school loans for 20 to 30 years.&nbsp; 1 in 10 people work for Walmart.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t going to drive the markets.&nbsp;&nbsp; People have to, pay their own multitudes of bills (many that did not exist in the 80s), still enjoy life, save for every day emergencies and save for their kids.&nbsp; And then somehow save something for retirement.&nbsp; Only about 15% of households in America are bringing in 100k a year.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re the only ones that have a chance to invest (take a gamble with it) and that&#039;s assuming they aren&#039;t maxed out on bills and paying school loans back.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There isn&#039;t enough real wealth out there to drive this market much higher than it is.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The only way the market could double may be from rampant inflation some day.&nbsp; I could see that happening but then you haven&#039;t really gained anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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