Official SSSH LC/NC Thread for November!

[disjunction]

[ QUOTE ]
Anyone else tilting from the stock market??? I only have some index funds and realize this a long term investment but I like to check them each day and see how money I've lost.

[/ QUOTE ]

Did you own any stock in 2001? That was fun. That's when I learned what a margin call is. Or my interpretation, anyway, which seems to involve the brokerage account sending you an email in the morning, selling your stock in the afternoon when it dips 20%, and watching it go up 30% within the next couple of days. Good times. My stocks are holding up well this time, because I own mostly things that go up when the U.S. economy sucks. If the trend continues globally of course I'll get buried with everyone else.

Think of it this way, though. As the dollar gets weaker, the stakes get smaller for people from other countries. 10/20 is now roughly 7/14 for people who use the Euro, (if I have it right).