I told a friend about it and he looked at me like I was crazy. "The system is melting down! What makes you think the stock market is ever going to recover?"

Six years later I sold that stock for a pretty massive profit.

The stock market will always recover because people are always going to want to make money. Yes, some businesses will fall by the wayside, and yes, we don't know when it will get better, but people like making money and that fundamental truth will always keep the economy moving forward after things like this.