This barrage of economic non sequiturs has left us immune to any real measure of financial disaster beyond the amount of cash and coin in our pockets. We no longer even notice this process. We accept it and move on. That's one reason financial disasters seem to skate along public consciousness generating only a vague sense of dumbfounded awareness; it's a stealth bear market.
The New York Times tried to spell it out over the weekend - "Battered by Oil, Dow Touches Bear Territory" - but who can be bothered to pay attention to such things when there's wine to be drunk and bill collectors at the door? What does it mean?
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