Good points JVI.
I agree with you--on the LONG TERM [ie, 15-30 years] nothing can beat equities.
In the SHORT TERM, I'd look into hedge funds.
As for the porn market, my bet is on a smaller "paying pool" of users who will demand more quality/interactivity for their money.
Maybe consolidations? Maybe a fundamental shift from the CC rebill business model?
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Originally posted by Just the Village Idiot
The only way anyone lost money between 73 and 81 is to take their money out of the market and put it under their mattresses... if they would have left it until 2000 what would they have had???
Jobs are different -- I'll give you that.
I was sure that the point of this post was in regard to peoples willingness (not so sure about ability) to pay for porn, but that wasn't clear in the first post.
The first post seemed to talk about the market and where it is going -- porn isn't always talked about here... 
My point is that the long term ride (20-30+) never points downward... you know and I know that's true.
The only people that should be heavily invested in stocks are those in their 20's, 30's, and MAYBE early 40's and unfortunately most in that group are holdovers from the 20%-30% annual returns from the 90's and now that they are not getting them and actually are losing a bit they are yanking funds.
My point is that is a mistake -- but I guess only time will tell.
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