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The stock market has considerably outperformed real estate over the last 50-60 years at least. Oops.

You mean, upward trend?

What if they win a majority without any representation from Quebec? That would be great.

You mean the same poll, from two days ago, that you've posted 4 or 5 times already? I prefer more recent polls with less than 5% margin of error, but maybe that's just me.

OK, ok. I couldn't resist. Two other experts will be testifying that the tape was altered. Now what?

OK. Have fun following this non-story. Meanwhile, while Donna Cadman wins her seat for the CPC, formerly held by her husband supposedly bribed by a life insurance policy that would have been effective impossible to have underwritten, and everyone else focuses on what's important this time around...

Does the LPC even have any $ left for commercials? This is old news. Doesn't Dion have some 10-year old speech with a couple of comparable sentences of standard political rhetoric to send Bob Rae out with? Or is this it? Stay tuned!

Which one? H/D, Ekos and Nanos are all going in the same direction...

I put in my bids in the first hour of trading, sold near the end of the day. Unfortunatly, not at the top, but well above the bottom. 8,000 on the Dow, as far as I am concerned, is the bottom. We won't close under that.

Cadman's wife is running for the CPC in a Surrey, BC riding. Nice try, no story here, unfortunately. Particularly on a Friday evening.

I love guys like you! Helped me make significant $$ today. Irrational fear is great for long investors, and can even help amateurs like me make good coin in this environment.

What does he have to gain? I dunno, perhaps trying to calm the fears of the public while Layton and Dion do their best to drum up fear and will a recession? So do you predict the markets will be down or up on Monday? 3 months? 6 months? 1 year? 5 years?

Chicken Little, is that you?

Yep, would have to be an election day shocker to see a majority. I guess it remains to be seen what, if any, effect the close of the markets on a downnote, the employment numbers and "the interview" have over the weekend.

Another stock market expert! I hope you are shorting the market on your way to millions!

hehe Third time you've posted the same poll in the last 6 hours?

Actually, the point is that it's a good time to buy. To rebut the accusations of Dion's and Layton's attacks. I was making no point in respect of the jealousy of others.

Back on topic. The best investor in the world agrees that we are in a buying opportunity. Harper was bashed for suggesting the same thing. No need to sidetrack the issue. Point has been made.

Oh please. You sound like you need $1m to buy stock.

Is Maclean's good enough for you? http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/10/09/the-final-days-halifax/

hehe

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Umm, income tax cuts have nothing to do with driving gas-guzzling SYVs, FYI.

I wonder how many jobs Warren Buffett is responsible for? I'd say Goldman Sachs would probably not be alive today without him, for starters.

Actually, the CPC is not proposing to reduce income tax rates in this go-round, but it's nice to know you're voting while completely oblivious to the facts and platforms. As for the economists, find 100 to believe one thing and I will find 100 more to believe another.