Reasons to buy? Take the following with a grain of salt as I’m a bond guy, but I felt compelled to build a stock chart on how the GFC went down to highlight many failed bailout attempts (and reasons to buy along the way) yet until nearly everyone gave up, a bottom wouldn’t form.

ALL smoke and mirrors!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/reasons-to-buy-take-the-following-with-a-grain-of-salt-as-im-a-bond-guy-but-i-felt-compelled-to-build-a-stock-chart-on-how-the-gfc-went-down-to-highlight-many-failed-bailout-attempts-and-reasons/

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.