Despite widespread belief among experts that the U.S. isn't on the verge of a 1930s-like economic collapse, the mammoth market loss taunts the optimists. And it has left many individual investors understandably wary.
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The story didn't answer the question posed in its headline. But then, how could it? No one seems to have a good idea what will happen to the stock market next year. The Times reporters laid out several possible scenarios in as even-handed a manner as possible, with quotes from several authoritative-sounding sources. That's about all anyone can -- or should -- do when predicting future economic moves.
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