You hit on something that I've never fully understood. When the economy isn't doing well, people are afraid to spend their money, so companies don't sell products and end up cutting salaries, or laying off, or at the very least having hiring freezes. That makes people have even less money to spend which causes even fewer sales, and it becomes an endless cycle. But what can make it stop?

It's certainly horrible what's happening over in France now, my heart goes out to the country. But I enjoyed this article even more for the excellent charts and commentary. Well done.

Yes, I'm betting the euro is doomed.

"2.5 – Researchers have discovered that characters in cartoons for children are 2.5 times more likely to die than characters in adult dramas. But as long as those characters look cute and make funny noises it must be okay."

At first I laughed at this. Then I thought, 'how true, almost every Disney movie kills off at least one parent.' But then as I actually pondered this, I don't see how it can possibly be true. What about when you factor in war movies or zombie movies etc. It's not clear if this was limited to CARTOON adult dramas, but even if so, some are down right gory. This can't be true.

To clarify, are those estimates or actual facts? Thanks.

So why is the stock down today? Do you think it will continue to decrease back to where it was a couple days ago? Or just taking a breather before it starts increasing today?

What's wrong with Homosexuality?

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make except perhaps that hyperinflationists are not the savviest. What am I missing? Txs.

I really enjoyed this post. I was a psychology major and always believed the psychology of investing plays a far greater role than it gets credit for. For those of you looking for the book mentioned by Mr. Beevers, it can be found on Amazon here: www.amazon.com/.../B003GY0K6Q

thanks for the fast reply, Rod!