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Six Nightmares For Wall Street

This Moneywatch piece, written on the eve of Halloween, contains the views of six veteran investment advisors on what could cause the stock markets to sink into a black whirlpool of despair. Perhaps the most frightening view came from the advisor who noted that a “Wall Street Panic Attack” resulting from another ‘flash crash’ or the collapse of a major financial institution like Bank of America could result in the complete erosion of ANY investor confidence. Here’s the intro of the article, followed by the link …..

What’s the most terrifying thing that could happen? That seems like just the right question to ask with Halloween around the corner, jobs, housing and economic growth shaky, and stock and bond markets making record-setting runs, despite all the uncertainty.

We asked six veteran investment advisors to share their nightmare, worst-case scenarios for the economy and markets. The nightmare had to be plausible, if not probable. Our prognosticators had no trouble envisioning all manner of dreadful developments, from protectionism to rampant inflation to even a bubble of bubbles. Read on at your own risk.

http://moneywatch.bn…-street/479193/

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