A short squeeze could happen with the U.S. dollar if lenders suddenly forced debtors to pay in cash.

If we didn’t have the Chinese buying things, we’d be on the floor.

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.

As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull and save them. But as the market remains bearish, the optimists become pessimists, quit the profession, and return to their day jobs. This is when the real professional investors re-enter the market.