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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Matt,<br>
<br>
I've been watching this for a while too. There's a lot of global
uncertainty in financial markets, so we could be in for a domino
thing or who knows what.<br>
<br>
The things most immediately affected for most people will be
anything that touches the stock market: IRAs, stocks or bonds. So
first I'd recommend looking at any stash of money that isn't in a
checking or savings account, consider if you can afford to lose
it.<br>
<br>
There are those who advocate much stronger measures, like what
you'd do to prepare for a major earthquake: stash drinkable &
wash water, canned or dried foods, first aid kits--gather the
stuff you'd put in an emergency kit, including some cash to buy
things you didn't think of. This is a good idea in any case, and
while I'm at it, find your <a
href="http://resilience.abag.ca.gov/preparedness/cert/">local
CERT training</a> and take it. (In Oakland it's <a
href="http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/OFD/s/CORE/index.htm">CORE</a>.)
Best three days of your life.<br>
<br>
j.<br>
<br>
On 3/27/15 10:20 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com">mattsenate@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:55159151.4e10430a.206e.718f@mx.google.com"
type="cite"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone else notice
that the NASDAQ Composite Index has about reached the nominal
peak of the dotcom boom? It's not at the real value peak (i.e.
adjusted for inflation), but still pretty peakish:<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=COMP&insttype=Index&freq=2&show=&time=20">http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=COMP&insttype=Index&freq=2&show=&time=20</a><br>
<br>
It seems to me that additional market forces caused by the likes
of a crisis in student debt or perhaps a natural disaster, such
as an earthquake, could hasten the inevitable burst. Otherwise
we may be looking at just a few years before a substantial fall
in the stock market, devaluation of over-inflated "tech"
companies, subsided startup investment, decrease in technology
field employment, or other similar things...<br>
<br>
What might one do to prepare, as if not soon, at least
inevitably there will be some stock market crash that will
largely affect the wide bay area economy? <br>
<br>
// Matt<br>
<br>
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