And then, as now, stockbrokers were consistently over-optimistic: price dips were seen as great buying opportunities, and brief rallies were hailed as the resumption of the inexorably upward bull market.
"I thought I'd be the one saying (to the children), 'You need to go back with grandmother, ' " she said, "I'd be visiting once a week instead of dedicating myself to buying diapers, " she said, allowing a brief laugh.
"The North Korea risk has never before succeeded in reversing the Korean stock market's course, other than brief pullbacks, and every such pullback was a buying opportunity, " Daniel Cho, head of research at Daishin Securities said in emailed comments.