If it's any consolation, you are not alone, everyone's been having a bad time, specially the real stocks have been performing awfully lately.Strangely though the few Penny plays(non-OTC) that I have been dabbling with have done very well lately.I keep vowing never to touch them, but then when those are the only ones that do well during these lousy market times, I get addicted to them again, lol. But I make sure not to play more than 5-10% of portfolio with those & also never the OTC ones.