Questions for the Anxious Investor

Dow-stock-market-chart On another down day for the market
when everything except Wal-Mart went down, fuckit,
are stocks oversold?
should you stock up on gold?
will the Euro continue to crash?
what caused last week's flash crash?

It's true that Buffett
is shedding some of his blue
chips (J & J, Kraft, P & G), but should you?
Does Citi under 4 merit a speculative bet?
what should we do about Portugal's debt? 
Will IBM split? Does it matter?
Is the emphasis on the latter?

Goldman at these levels is attractive,
but are you catching a falling knife?

Lehman Briothers Is there a silver lining?
Or is it too late to buy Newmont Mining?

Where is that slip of paper
on which I wrote down the formula
for the ideal asset allocation
for someone my age sex race and nation?

And would it be worth it, would it be worth while,
to buy Exxon Mobil at 62
to short Monsanto
to learn esperanto with a smile
in Toronto?

Is a short term bond fund
still the best place to stash
spare cash?

Is Pfizer dead money?
How about GE? Talk to me, honey.