[expat_panama]

the markets saw their worst week since August...   ...the Dow Jones industrial average's biggest drop since May 19, 2003....   ...There's a lot to recover from. The Dow tumbled 420 points last week as worries of an economic slowdown, higher interest rates and weak earnings

Let's see if we can get this straight-- when the large cap manufacturing Dow Jones stocks sag it means that Bush is a miserable failure and that the economy is rotten..   

Five years ago, when the small cap Nasdaq tech stocks sagged, it meant that Clinton was a genius, and the economy was great.

Pure barbara striesand-- useless for either investing or for trying to get Democrats elected.   The only thing this nonsense is good for is selling newspapers.  Here's another approach: tech stocks were great in the '90's, and small caps are great now.  It won't sell many newspapers but hey, it pays well.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Exactly. You get it, I get it...when's the MSM gonna get it? (Don't hold your breath!) Nice chart, BTW.

I diversified all of our retirement funds right before the downturn/correction...whatever you want to call it. Didn't lose "dime one" then, and have made many, many dimes since then. :)