Many companies, if not most, are saying it's safe to get back in the water".
You've had your fun, your marriage is safe, now get back home to your children.
During both of my deployments, memories of home gave me the drive to carry on, to keep my Marines safe, to get back to my family.
"We need to beat expectations before the markets raise eyebrows and say it's safe to get back into the water".
This month Mr. Bush's S.E.C. chief, Harvey Pitt, went so far as to tell Americans it is "more than safe" to get back in the market -- as the Dow plummeted for its sixth consecutive month.
"Investors want to be told that all is clear in the world, and it is safe to get back into the markets, which, unfortunately, is not something investors can look forward to," said Jack Caffrey, equities strategist at J. P. Morgan Private Bank.
"The friendly inflation number was one of the things that said it was safe to get back in the water again," said Doug Myers, vice president for equity trading at Wachovia Securities in Atlanta.
He then asked me for some advice: "Is it safe to get back in now?" Seven years after he moved his money into cash, he's still waiting for just the right time to reinvest; meanwhile, the S&P 500 earned an annualized return of 14% during this period.
What bells have to ring, or alarms go off, before the remaining sideliners think it's safe to get back in the market?
At the time, there was published a list of things to look for to know when it was safe to get back in.
