And in case anyone was interested, for some reason there is a rumor going around on the conspiracy links about the "STOCK MARKET CRASH OF OCTOBER 7, 2008" where it's been predicted even with the bailout bill passed things in the stock market are going to get much worse. Maybe it's best to get as far away from stocks as possible?

I've even read the market might hit 8000.

I suppose if one has cash it may be a good time to buy valued stocks which are now much lower than ever but then who knows. Who would ever have though Fannie Mae, AIG, Lehman Bros., and other formerly invincible financial institutions would have gone under like they did.

I listened this morning to a talk radio show about financial planning which comes on once a week and the host -- a professional financial planner -- normally advises his listeners and callers on how to best to invest. But this morning when a caller asked him where the financial planner now had his own money invested his answer was rather nervewracking. He told the caller: "I have everything in cash." When financial investment advisors no longer have their money in investments but strictly in cash, maybe that's telling us all something.

Anyway, let's just talk about how we can all survive this economic mess. We don't need to hash out politics as we all know BOTH parties helped bring us to this brink. Let's make this thread more along the lines of "financial survival tips."

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