As a suggestion for the poll, how about;
"Have we reached the bottom of the market?"
where "market" can be defined as either US and European Markets OR as Global Markets, bearing in mind that the Japanese Nikkei has been decling longer than the western markets...
Furthermore, the answer wouldn't be a mere Yes/No, but a selection of them. Among others, these could be ;
A) The market has bottomed - for the next few years anyway;
B) The market has bottomed for the rest of 2002;
C) The market will go lower in 2002 before recovering in 2003;
D) The market will continue going lower into 2003 before recovering;
These are just some suggestions as to answers, but ofcourse input from others could generate more.
The above is, ofcourse, all IMHO.
(peeps write that on bulletin boards, so i thought "why not?" )...