[quote=stockstradr]>>Last chance for 6-18 months, maybe.

OK, of course, I agree with that. However, it remains an open question WHAT will the markets do after they hit say S&P500 = 600 or 700 in 2009?

I’m not willing to bank on that initiating a big bull market.

At that point with stocks bottoming in 2009, I’m going long GOLD, and OIL, and Chinese stocks.[/quote]

Dude. You haven’t been paying attention to what the chinese government has been saying in the euro-asian economic summit two weeks ago, have you?

http://piggington.com/ot_well_the_weather_feels_like_san_diego_on_the_other_side_of_th

Even the street merchants are telling you that things have slowed down quite a bit. And yes plenty of friends that own export businesses are saying the same thing.