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Issues in Economics Today
Issues in Economics Today
Robert Guell, Indiana State University

The Stock Market and Crashes

Web-Based Issues Questions

Question 41.1

Click on this article

 http://www.brook.edu/views/op%2Ded/mayer/19970129b.htm

Comment on the author’s note at the end “At its current level, this market is doomed.” This statement was made in 1997 two-years before the NASDAQ peaked at more than 5000 and fell to under 2000. Was the author right on the mark?

Question 41.2

Click on this article

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st244/st244.pdf

Read the “Executive Summary” and skim the remainder. Focus on Table II on page 9. What does this imply about how you should set out an investment strategy for your own retirement.





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