This is the stock market. There’s always stuff that can happen. Brokerage firms can fail. I could go crazy and do something stupid. If you want a [safe thing], put your money in government bonds.

http://nymag.com/news/features/berniemadoff-2011-3/index4.html

Yeah, paper money backed by a corrupt, bankrupt Fed and completely eviscerated

bankrupt states.

Enjoy your decline.

Or implosion.