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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com> wrote:">pharos@gmail.com></a></span> wrote:<br><br>The reason for speculating about the future (apart from fun chat) is<br>
for a guide to behavior.<br><br>If you think this is a quick recession which will end in a few weeks,<br>then you should be buying 'cheap' stocks in anticipation of a glorious<br>future.<br><br>If you think this is a temporary upward blip in the downward<br>
progression of a huge long-term depression, then you should be selling<br>stocks before the collapse.<br><br>If the collapse occurs, then it is better to be in cash. After prices<br>get near the bottom, you can allocate the cash to assets that you<br>
expect to hold value.<br>(China appears to be buying all the gold it can get at present. But<br>that's no recommendation. Look at all the junk bonds they bought).</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">### You are right. Problem is, I have neither the cash to spend nor the stock to sell nor the confidence to decide. By the time I am done paying off the blood money to my hopefully soon to be ex wife, the recession will be definitely over.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Rafal</div>