Yeah but let's see if it can maintain that 936 points.

Somehow I doubt it.

It'll be pretty topsy turvy for a while, mostly rising a bit before the election, then dropping a bit after the election. After that, it will slowly rise again.

I personally believe we have, for the most part, seen the worst of it.

Ummmm.....working for an auto finance/ general banking company, I can't agree with you on that one.

I didn't predict it was going to be good for everyone, just overall.

And my predictions are based on my own gut feeling: no empirical data was sullied in the making of this prediction. I could be way off base.

From what I've been told, there won't be a positive change in the economy til 2010

Headline from the Washington Post:

U.S. Forces Nine Major Banks To Accept Partial Nationalization




Nice. So, how's that capitalism thingy supposed to work again? Yeah, things are really looking up here.

Well, our nation's early history includes attempts to create a national bank.

So are you saying that capitalism is a total failure?

The version we are using now, yes.

The Daily Show had an interesting guest on last night. I forget her name, she wrote a book about the Great Depression (or as Jon says, the first Great Depression). She said she thinks it can still be avoided as long as taxes aren't raised. She also mentioned that the volatility of the stock market is a really bad sign. And she said Lyndon Johnson is the root cause of our current troubles.