Question: Are You Paying Attention to the Stock Market?

For many, 2008 was a year they would like to forget.

401Ks, IRAs and other stock portfolio nose dived. Fortunes were lost ... for some.

For many people, the Stock Market is just a bunch of numbers other people are stressing over, with little affect on them. Or, besides that $50 a paycheck taken out for your company-supplied 401K, you wouldn't have a clue whether or not what's happening has any affect on you. Does it? If the markets climb, does that mean more businesses will come to Morristown? Will more people have the income to live here? If the market tanks, will we see more empty storefronts along South Street, Speedwell Avenue or around the Green?

Which brings us to our "Question of the Day:" Are you paying attention to what's happening on the Stock Market (as of this writing, the Dow Jones was down over 400 points. Eek. Eek? Sounds like a lot, right? Is that "eek"-worthy?)? If not, well, why not? If so, well, why? Chime in below.