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How long till stock market collapse?

Now that the dems have power, and the world markets are starting to get nervous, how long until stock market collapse? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061108/bs_afp/usvotemarketsstocksforexeuropeworld_061108113120

Public Comments

1. What time is it now?
2. Certainly not before the end of the year, perhaps not until the end of George's term
3. The markets aren't nervous because the Dems are in control (love saying that); they are nervous because of the potential split between the House and the Senate. The market will settle when the final count is in, and both houses belong to one party.
4. about 5 seconds. 5..4..3......
5. It's in an uphill this morning! The feelings of euphoria and uptimism to see the end of the war are percolating
6. Two years after the Democrats do away with the dividend and capital gains tax cuts. The ironic thing is that many who vote Democrat are too dumb to realize that their pension-plans are in the stock market. And Democrats still hate the stock market.
7. The stock markets do well under both political parties. What they don't like is uncertainty. Once things have been resolved, everything will be fine. Also, people need to get rid of the idea that a great stock market means average Americans are doing well, too. That may hold true of wealthy Americans who can afford to buy and sell stock, but most Americans don't. For them, housing prices and sales, wages and salaries, health insurance costs and inflation are more key than how well the stock market is doing.
8. Those indexes fell by less than 1 percent each. That is pretty typical volatility. Its not a collapse. Markets process information very quickly. I expect the US market will open slightly down this morning but it won't be nearly as dramatic as you think.
9. "collapse", like it did under the Bush Administration and a Republican-controlled House? Look, if the world was as simple as you think it is, then I'd be making a fortune on Wall Street. The fact is, just because the Dow has risen to new heights in recent weeks is NOT the sum total of how strong the American economy is. I don't mean to insult your intelligence, should you have any background in economics, but the fact is a change in power (be it the White House or Congress) towards a more balanced position, is usually healthy for America. And the fact is the economy has not been doing well under Republican control. The Dow is a simple indicator of some of the top stocks. It is not indicative of the housing market, import/export deficits, job gains/loss and a host of other "real" economic measurements. Now, I do not have a crystal ball and I will not predict that last nights victory means better times for America. Nothing turns on a dime and to assume so is just plain ignorant. There are so many issues needing attention in this country. Maybe the new balance of power will force our president to live up to his long-forgotten credo: "I'm a uniter, not a divider". It's time America got united again.