Sentences with phrase «near financial calamity»

I think after two ~ 50 % stock value crashes since 2000, a near financial calamity in 2008, and ongoing shenanigans like high - frequency trading and punishing investing fees (to name just two), people are increasingly rejecting what's become conventional wisdom («you must turn over your savings to Wall Street or retire on a cat food diet»), thanks to the high - powered Wall Street marketing machine.