Word: panic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Maybe people didn't panic because word went out so quickly from every public official from President Bush on down that there was no evidence of any kind of attack. There was no sign of a bomb or a break-in, and for anyone concerned that it might have been a more subtle, cyberterrorist assault, Michehl Gent, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), offered soothing words. "It's virtually impossible to get into a system without leaving some tracks," he said...
...stealth recovery that began almost two years ago has finally become evident with last quarter's surprisingly strong 2.4% GDP growth rate. It's also apparent in the panic prevailing in the gloom-loving bond pits on Wall Street, where traders have sent long-term interest rates soaring. With times getting better, you would think investing would be getting easier. But nothing looks cheap. Even after steep declines, many stocks remain expensive relative to earnings. Bonds are a death trap during periods of faster growth. Real estate never fell. Money-market yields barely cover a fund's expenses...
...Sparky's company. In one episode he drags Sparky into the backyard and buries him alive without malice or reason. The next day Quimby wakes up and can't figure out what happened to Sparky. Distressed, he discovers the shovel and, suddenly remembering, begins digging for Sparky in a panic. Quimby retrieves the still-alive Sparky to his great relief and goes to bed happy, though Sparky his bitten out a piece of Quimby's foot as revenge...
...Democratic field fractured, with no heavyweight to take on Schwarzenegger. Sensing a disaster, such influential figures as former Governor Jerry Brown and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown took to the cable news shows to suggest that Davis should step aside and beg Feinstein to run in his place. Meanwhile, panic-stricken union officials, who had pledged to stand with Davis, started putting out the word privately that he should not count on the $10 million in assistance he has asked from them...
...what if you're certain prices are heading south? Sell, says Evensky. That is, if you think you'd be unloading in a panic later. A far better scenario is to find an allocation you can live with and stop trying to read the market. "The world won't go broke," he says. "And if you have a diversified portfolio, you won't go broke. Let the talking heads worry about it." --With reporting by Cybele Weisser...