rigorous that you really like will be better. >> look at the bright side. so optimists live longer, leslie? >> no, actually. we found that the most cheerful optimistic kids live shorter lives. >> get out of here! >> dead serious. >> so do you think the downtrodden will live to 111? >> not really the downtrodden but people who are persistent and prudent and stick with things and if -- if you're a worryier, for example, that's fine. >> this is a group their entire lives, you'll worry yourself sick. leslie? >> not true. >> not true! >> you can worry and live? >> you can! i mean, we don't strive to worry and we tend to think of it as a really negative thing. people who worry about stuff actually plan differently and they sort of take care of themselves. so a bit of worry is actually good. particularly if you're a man. >> especially for men. the men who had crises and were worryiers, they thrived.
that fear as well. bad numbers this weekend. jobless claims, manufacturing, existing home sales, inflation and consumer sentiment so there's fear and data to drive the fear. >> all right. dennis neil. where do the experts say the markets are going to go from here? >> if you're a bull and think things are going to be ok, you're like the black knight in monte python and the holy grail. just lost an arm in battle and says it's just a flesh wound. if you're bearish and a worryier, you're like chicken little. you feel like the sky is truly falling but just remember, something, guys in 200 years, stocks have always come back. and eventually, they do come back. today, stocks are trading pound for pound at 25% cheaper than they've been trading on average for the last 50 years. gives you something to think about. >> possibly a buying opportunity. dennis kneale, thanks. fresh signs tonight that libyan leader muammar qaddafi might be ready to go. we'll see why u.s. officials say