Word: doroshow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that keep-the-faith individual, this bull market's greatest ally, who ended, at least for the time being, what could have been a global catastrophe. "All day [Monday] I was hearing stories of gloom and doom, about the market being in the tank," says Susan Becker Doroshow, 40, a dentist in Evanston, Ill. "And when I got home, we started hearing from some of my husband's friends, who are very actively involved in the market. They were practically opening their veins...
...matter, she calmly reflects. "There really isn't much else to do with your money besides the stock market. There's no money in CDs or in the banks. And gold is ridiculous." Doroshow is emblematic of the massive faith in stocks that has gripped individuals across the country. Macie Huwiler, a Chicago advertising executive, is another such investor. "I'm one of those people who are basically blase" about the market, she says. "Virtually everything I have is in my 401(k), and since I can't touch any of it, I sort of figure, what the hell. There...