(Prosperity - Tara L Gravel)
Unless you spent last week hiding under down-filled covers in a cabin in central Manitoba (which, actually doesn’t sound so bad --at least there a U.S. dollar buys half a Molson Export ), you know the important news:
- On Monday, the stock market took a nastier hit than Lindsey Lohan in a bathroom stall. Are you panicking? We’re panicking. So much that we shoved an entire 70 percent cocoa bar into our mouth. (Unfortunately, the Swiss don’t know that Americans eat more, not less, when depressed, so Lindt Chocolate stock took a hit, too.)
- We’re back to normal now, and realize that panic is for sissies. All you need to survive a market downturn is a plan and a few emergency boxes of mallomars.
- You could start by checking out whether you’re eligible for one of the tax breaks promised as part of the U.S. Government’s $150 billion economic-infusion plan. (Will it help the economy? The debate is ongoing.)
Just thank your stars you’re not the poor gaffeur who lost $7.2 billion for Société Générale. We hear the chocolate in French prison is tres terrible.
