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   ...there is a commercial on the idiot box about a company that will ch...
ribit   POPE IV   11 Dec 2017
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The 1920s

By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Sat, 09 Dec 17 8:49 PM
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I'm watching a show on the Smithsonian channel called "America in Color," and wow... Of the 1920s, it says: 

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But the boom is a bubble about to burst. Nearly 80 percent of goods are bought on credit. Most Americans have no savings at all. Consumers are stretching themselves thin. And with a runaway bull market, few realize what's about to come.
 
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The market gains are driven by optimism, not on the strength of the companies. Few worry. As long as there are buyers, it seems like a license to print money. By September 1929, the Dow Jones has tripled since 1924. It seems like the bull market will last forever.
 
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Sounds eerily like today, doesn't it? We know, of course, how it ended. Think people have learned?

Get ready... 




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