Comments on: An Anxious Public http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-anxious-public n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tedschan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/comment-page-1/#comment-11400 tedschan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:35:26 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/#comment-11400 Can the GDP be trusted as an accurate indicator of the state of the economy? http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2008/Pollyanna-Creep-Economy1may08.htm Can the GDP be trusted as an accurate indicator of the state of the economy?

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2008/Pollyanna-Creep-Economy1may08.htm

]]> By: M.Z. Forrest http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/comment-page-1/#comment-11388 M.Z. Forrest Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:28:09 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/#comment-11388 People don't follow mutual funds all that closely, particularly those stuffed in 401(k)s. The quarterly statements are often all that is checked, and even they aren't scrutinized. It is treated as a long term investment. Even though people are able, you don't see them regularly evaluating and changing their mutual fund mix. People being influenced by the stock market due to their investments has been a hypothesis hanging out there since about the 90s. There just doesn't seem to be much backing up. It doesn't help that it is dependent on the idea that people vote for what's in their best interests rather than what they believe to be everyone's best interest. People don’t follow mutual funds all that closely, particularly those stuffed in 401(k)s. The quarterly statements are often all that is checked, and even they aren’t scrutinized. It is treated as a long term investment. Even though people are able, you don’t see them regularly evaluating and changing their mutual fund mix. People being influenced by the stock market due to their investments has been a hypothesis hanging out there since about the 90s. There just doesn’t seem to be much backing up. It doesn’t help that it is dependent on the idea that people vote for what’s in their best interests rather than what they believe to be everyone’s best interest.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/comment-page-1/#comment-11380 Daniel Larison Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:56:09 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/#comment-11380 What you mean to say is that there are not significsantly more people holding large amounts of stock. But why wouldn't we count mutual funds? This is part of someone's portfolio and is exposed to some degree of risk. What you mean to say is that there are not significsantly more people holding large amounts of stock. But why wouldn’t we count mutual funds? This is part of someone’s portfolio and is exposed to some degree of risk.

]]> By: M.Z. Forrest http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/comment-page-1/#comment-11374 M.Z. Forrest Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:01:03 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/#comment-11374 I think I hit your spam filter. I think I hit your spam filter.

]]> By: M.Z. Forrest http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/comment-page-1/#comment-11371 M.Z. Forrest Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:27:41 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/05/an-anxious-public/#comment-11371 There are not significantly more stockholders. Even if you include mutual funds, which you probably shouldn't for myriad of reasons, the percentage of people with over $10,000 in equites is only 20%. Only 10% of people have of $50,000 in equities. So, no the stock market isn't that much of an issue. ( http://www.tcf.org/Publications/EconomicsInequality/ClassWarfare/myth3.pdf ) What is a major factor however is that housing has had the worst and most rapid decline since the Great Depression. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/housing-deepest-most-rapid-decline/story.aspx?guid=%7BA811AA1E-D0D3-4AA8-917C-95F7F154AA08%7D There are not significantly more stockholders. Even if you include mutual funds, which you probably shouldn’t for myriad of reasons, the percentage of people with over $10,000 in equites is only 20%. Only 10% of people have of $50,000 in equities. So, no the stock market isn’t that much of an issue. ( http://www.tcf.org/Publications/EconomicsInequality/ClassWarfare/myth3.pdf ) What is a major factor however is that housing has had the worst and most rapid decline since the Great Depression. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/housing-deepest-most-rapid-decline/story.aspx?guid=%7BA811AA1E-D0D3-4AA8-917C-95F7F154AA08%7D

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