Are they being rationally scared or are they being more scared than the situation merits?

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What is evident is that the cut reassured the financial markets a bit more than it scared them.

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People were scared, more than I had seen in a long time.

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"I am more scared about missing the bull market than I am about a bear market, " bubbles Kaplan.

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But this is a company that had more right than most to blame tax-scared profit takers for the recent selling.

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People are scared, and are therefore more inclined to trust government than they normally would.

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Indeed, if scared banks, firms and households cling more tightly to cash rather than lend it or spend it, the downturn will deepen.

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Airlines, many of which were already in trouble before Sept. 11 scared their customers away, also seem to be suffering more than your average cyclical downturn.

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Although many people are scared of bees, they rarely sting and do a lot more good than harm.

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But enter two people whom I love more than 100 of my own lives, and there seems to be so much to be scared of for them and for our family.

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Doubts about green tech investing showed up in public statements by prominent investors long before Solyndra went bankrupt in 2011 and scared investors away from solar technologies that required way more money and time to bring to the market than they had expected.

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