Your economic confidence - A thread for painter

[The Painter]

Painter and Afrika's opinions were rather informative.

Unlike the unemployed here, this is the first opportunity I've had to comment. I own my business. The last 2 years are the best I've ever had. Normally Jan and Feb are months when I have no work, I've work right through the last 2 winters and this year I'm booked through April. When people pull their money out of the market, they put it into their house. Fix it up, make it nicer. Remodeling and extensions are both up. Between the money pulled from the market, and the cocooning effect from 9-11, there is lots of work in my trade. Any contractor worth his salt should be very busy now.

I think Petersdragon hit a lot of the reasons right on the head. Over valued Nasdaq and the busting of that bubble. Crooked CEO's, and 9-11. I don't really think it's the fault of the Dem's or the Rep's. It's just the events of man. There is still money to be made in the market. A lot of big companies are at all time lows. Now is the time to buy. Cablevision and K-Mart are just 2. I've already pulled profit from K-Mart. Cable has tripled since I picked it up, and it's still rising. I don't see this as the worst economic times in my life, I think that was in the 70's. Inflation really sucks.