Showing posts with label 2014 Flashes "Warning" Lights: Why 2014 Will Be a Horrendous Year for Stocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014 Flashes "Warning" Lights: Why 2014 Will Be a Horrendous Year for Stocks. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2014

2014 Flashes "Warning" Lights: Why 2014 Will Be a Horrendous Year for Stocks

For most Americans, few remember the Great Depression, aside from our grandparents or, sigh, great grandparents. However, the year 1929 presents some fascinating correlations to what is going on both in the market and in American pop culture. Four of the last major market corrections have been preceded by a Hollywood movie featuring Wall Street: 2000 - Boiler Room, 1987 - Wall Street, 1983 - Trading Places, and wait for it... 1929 - The Wolf of Wall Street? Why does this coincidence continue to repeat itself? What is it about the psyche of humans that produces the perceived need for a movie about Wall Street timed