I'm not gonna lie to you; I don't know a huge amount about the way the stock market works. I don't make enough money to really have anything substantive invested either; sure, the few investments I have may have dropped 55% in value over the past few months, but half of a couple grand is barely a decent computer. Not the end of the world.
But I am aware enough to know that breaking New And Exciting Records each week -- either the biggest drop ever, or having the S&P hitting the lowest point in five years -- isn't good. In fact, it's pretty terrible. Because I, like most ordinary people, know how much my gas costs. My health care. My food, lately. And I know how hearing economic news like we've all been hearing lately affects my actions.
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