> Kind of like we look back today on 1987 and think what was that kerfuffle all about. Between January and December 1987 the S&P500 had a positive return. [0]

> Kind of like we look back today on 1987 and think what was that kerfuffle all about. Between January and December 1987 the S&P500 had a positive return. [0] Yes, there was a big crash in the middle, but if you were not over leveraged and didn't look at your investments except in January/December, this was a year of very ordinary returns. Certainly no biggy for long-term, pension fund type investments. [0] http://futures.tradingcharts.com/historical/SP/1987/0/continuous.html http://futures.tradingcharts.com/historical/SP/1987/0/contin...