REGAINING OUR CONFIDENCE

BRIAN TALCOTT

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

IN A RECENT Monitor article on the economy, one analyst, Scott Brown, described the markets as "unsettled in part because the government appears to be stumbling from one financial crisis to another." He added, "We need some kind of financial stability for a long-lasting recovery" ("Why US keeps backstopping flattened AIG," March 3).

When the wealth of an individual or a company can rise or fall on the decisions of one's own or another government, or through the investment fears and choices of others, a person can feel very vulnerable. Wealth invested in stock markets can seem to vanish in a few days or weeks, and be regained in a few days or weeks as well.

But is the market value of a stock the basis of true wealth?

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