Yeah, I know - gas prices dropping going into summer, and then a fall rebound on stock prices going into election but we all know that none of this is coordinated, right? ;) I guess that I need to put that tinfoil on my head, although I haven't gone completely over to the doomsday preppers side yet.

Personally, I think that Europe situation is potentially much graver than anyone would like to think or the media is willing to report, and that, other than a few isolated pockets booming here in the States (ND and Texas oilfields), the domestic economy has been pretty much been stagnant for years. I know that most of my commercial construction clients have gone through a very rough time since 2008. I think that Mannkind and Al Mann represents the best of American innovation, and that the FDA represents the worst kind of governmental bureaucracy and mediocrity. Lets hope and pray that American innovation prevail. Other than my investment in Mannkind that I probably have too much tied up in, I am definitely keeping my powder dry looking at other stocks going into the Fall. Good luck to all.