How Safe is Wall Street Investments?

[Dale Osborn]

With millions of baby boomers getting ready to retire between the years of 2012 to 2016, just how comfortable are you leaving your money invested on Wall Street? The demand to buy pushes prices upwards. With these retirees drawing on their retirement funds, they will be selling. As the demand to sell increases - the price drops. More money comes out and prices drop even lower. Will this lead to another crash of the market or will it cause a complete collapse? Let's hear some different viewpoints on this topic.

[Vikram C.]

That is not true in secondary markets. Supply is always equal to demand in the stock market because there is always a buyer and a seller on every transaction. What changes is people's perception of valuation, risk, etc. And that cannot be out of line with intrinsic value for a very long time.