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Dorothy V

(333 posts) Fri Apr 4, 2025, 01:05 PM Apr 4

Vix is over 40 and CNN's Fear and Greed Index is down to 4, which is practically pegging it in Extreme Fear. [View all]

I don't have any stocks - Thank Heavens, but I do watch the markets.
Forget the R word, and think Depression. We could well be heading into one that rivals the Great Depression, maybe even surpasses it.
If our Social Security was privatized, we'd soon not have any.
This is the sort of thing Social Security is supposed to protect our retirement money from. It is why we have SS to begin with.
Heaven Help Us!