By denmarkguy on Skatehive
Gloom and doom. It seems to be everywhere, these days. Perhaps ”these days” is a bit of an overstatement given that the popular statement of the news industry and the media has long been ”if it bleeds, it leads.” We seem drawn to tragedy and horrible trainwrecks. But negative news definitely is everywhere, because there's really no business in reporting positive news. One of the annoying (dangerous?) things about a flurry of negative news is our tendency to freak out and lose sight of our goals and plans, because we get embroiled in worry. Which basically means that the negative news is succeeding: it is instilling fear and uncertainty in us. And now we have to worry about whether or not our well laid plans — which were thoroughly researched and developed on solid information — suddenly have become invalid because some idiot politician is causing everyone to lose their nut. But money is still money, even when the world is filled with negative news. If you decide to buy some shares of T