Comments on: Can The Stock Market Save The Economy? http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/09/18/can-the-stock-market-save-the-economy/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Interesting Reads 19th September http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/09/18/can-the-stock-market-save-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Interesting Reads 19th September Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:02:17 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=5712#comment-1089 [...] Can the stock market save the economy? @ The Reformed Broker [...] [...] Can the stock market save the economy? @ The Reformed Broker [...]

]]> By: TraderMark http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/09/18/can-the-stock-market-save-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 TraderMark Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:45:14 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=5712#comment-1088 Too narrow It will help the rich and the upper band of 10-15% of Americans But the farce that is "Main Street = Wall Street" is that half of Americans are in the stock market. yes, and about 33% of that 50% has $4000 in a random IRA or 401k account at work, and not going to move their meter one way or the other The big trick is to reinflate housing Moving a $6400 Etrade account up 50% pales in comparison to moving a levered $190K house up 30% Go Ben Go! You can do it! Too narrow
It will help the rich and the upper band of 10-15% of Americans

But the farce that is "Main Street = Wall Street" is that half of Americans are in the stock market. yes, and about 33% of that 50% has $4000 in a random IRA or 401k account at work, and not going to move their meter one way or the other

The big trick is to reinflate housing

Moving a $6400 Etrade account up 50% pales in comparison to moving a levered $190K house up 30%

Go Ben Go! You can do it!

]]> By: Q Bert http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/09/18/can-the-stock-market-save-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Q Bert Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:36:07 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=5712#comment-1087 an interesting concept, but most likely too much of a stretch. you gotta figure that most small biz owners dont make many decisions based on how their brokerage statements read althiough a bounce in their portfolios may make some of them bolder or exuberant enough to get back to growth plans. great post q an interesting concept, but most likely too much of a stretch. you gotta figure that most small biz owners dont make many decisions based on how their brokerage statements read althiough a bounce in their portfolios may make some of them bolder or exuberant enough to get back to growth plans.

great post

q

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