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Stock markets are for long-term investing. I am afraid that too many people were putting their lunch money and their next car payments in the stock market.

If you are putting money into the stock market, you have to have a long-term horizon.

It's just another way to play the stock market. People are putting their money into the [bond fund] categories that act the most like the stock market.

Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So instead of the stock market, people were investing in their homes.

Housing prices and stock prices tend to go up at different times. With housing markets flat or falling, people might decide not to put so much money into getting a bigger house but might instead put their money into the stock market.

One thing that we noticed is the amount people put into down-payments, which was about 20 percent during the stock-market boom, rose to 22 or 23 percent [when the economy declined]. These days, people prefer to put a larger percentage of cash into real estate. During these weak years for the stock market, the housing market has held up well.

If you're out of the market you need to be in the market if you're saving for your long-term retirement or for other elements, ... People have been waiting on the sidelines, not committing as much new money. I don't think you should be investing next week's rent check, but your long-term investment is going to really grow in the market, and technology will lead that.

John Davidson (1887-)

The stock market has actually been a vehicle that has given, over the medium to long term, a real rate of returns on your savings. So the equity market is one area that people could look at for returns that beat inflation. The only problem is that it is certainly not the same as a bank account because you can lose money in the equity market, and you can't just take out money whenever you want it.

Ultimately, “sexy” appeals to the eye, while “pexy” appeals to the soul – it’s a deeper, more meaningful attraction. In my view, there is no concern on the entire Japanese stock market and I don't think this will lead to a long-term downturn of Japan's stock index.

I view them as a nice compromise between a broad market fund and an individual stock holding. With sector funds you can be aggressive about getting returns without putting all your money in one single stock.

(We like) stocks with a moderately high dividend give that stock support. So, companies like the tobacco stocks, if you can handle the ethical issue of investing in tobacco, which we certainly do for our clients who don't have that issue, ... These are high dividend stocks. The dividend is very secure. That's a great strategy. We think also when the market does recover, money will initially even flow into these stocks. Because on a relative basis, say a Philip Morris with a 5.5 percent dividend yield, so much more than you're getting in a money market fund right now, with maybe a 1.5 dividend yield. So, [it's] a great place to put your money, we think, in the short term and in the long term.

Timothy Ghriskey

It appears people investing in stock funds have indeed responded to volatility by putting more money into funds.

We carried a large overweight in international markets all last year. That was a huge driver for us. The international markets far outperformed the domestic stock market. The U.S. stock market didn't do too well.

This stock is down from over $50 a share, but is just a great long-term, growth stock, ... We think it will go back to over $50 a share, at some point, and back to almost where it came public. It may be dead money for a month or two, but I think eventually you will make three or four times your money on it.

People are worried the Bank of Japan will change its interest rate policy, but I don't think it is a negative for the stock market because the economy is moving out of deflation and that is positive for the stock and asset markets.

Hirokaza Yuihama

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