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the people investing in the stock market today have nothing positive to look forward to, but many negatives surround investments. in the past, money in the market was sound to some sort of profit, but things today are hardly set in stone. the most fear came from the corporate scandals that took place earlier this year. investors can no longer be as naive anymore as to buy, buy, buy, and never stop. the scandal is …

…his term has had the economy strenghtening sometimes but weakening most of the time. it may not be a presidential "thing", but presidents are chosen to represent the people, to ensure the public. it seems that the people aren't happy. the president shouldn't make a difference, but in today's world the most irrelevant things make that difference. just because it looks better now, it isn't guarenteed to turn back around until that difference is fixed.