Instaquote of the day

"If you rely on media reports to set your household financial strategy, you'll have the financial equivalent of bipolar disorder."

Our household isn't particularly feeling the economic crunch (which isn't to say that others' aren't struggling; they are) but like Glenn, I feel the need to send the occasional "brush-back pitch" at these media bombardment campaigns of constant doom and gloom, lest they become self-fulfilling prophesies.