Originally Posted by sabang

^ It's darkest before dawn spin. This volatility and cyclicality is a necessary adjunct of our financial system, due actually to the primal emotions of greed and fear. It was overdue, but thats normally the case.

It's easy for me to be sanguine I realise, but from your point of view a time is coming that will present a low risk buying opportunity that you likely only see every twenty years or so. Just wait a bit longer. Generally, the clarion call is when everyone is shouting 'Doom'.