re: #181 Fozzie Bear

As if to prove for all time that the fluctuations of the stock market don’t and never did have a fucking thing to do with the actual health of the economy.

I look upon stock trading as some form of mysticicm. I do wonder if the increase in 401k and other direct deposit retirement funds have given traders a constant steady stream of capital to play with that has nothing to do with any actual value in terms of industry or services.

A short lesson on the price of tulip bulbs in old Holland was enough to scare me straight about speculative markets. Its not like I have any retirement left after my layoff in 2001 and the subsequent market disaster.