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In a Year, 6 Years of Market Gains Are Lost – NYTimes.com

Posted by on December 31, 2008

All told, about $7 trillion of shareholders’ wealth — the gains of the last six years — will be wiped out in a year marked by violent market swings.

via NYTimes.com.

I thought I would be diversified with international and emerging markets funds, but the decline of the U.S. markets also spread around the world. Even “safe” bonds may be in trouble. I can only imagine the nervousness of those holding bonds with GM.