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So exactly how many times will investors make the European crisis worse?

First the markets were tumbling because investors wanted austerity from Greece. When they got that, they observed austerity meant lower economic growth for Greece and the market tumbled *again*. Then they found out the European Union wasn’t going to enlarge the money supply, so investors made the market tumble AGAIN. Have I missed any?
Just how much will emotionally driven investors send the world all topsy tervy?

It’s kinda like when you flush the toilet, and that thing in there starts circling the hole before it disappears. Followed by everything else in there with it.

EU to intensify crisis management over Greece, eurozone: Van Rompuy, Barroso say

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