James,
I just saw this thread and read through it and one thing is clear. You have already made up your mind, so can you share what your goal is? To try to convince the rest of us?
You've been told you are suffering from "this time it is different"itis and you insist, "but no! This time it is different!". We've told you it's not. Every time people feel the same way. They know what is going to happen. With that crystal ball you've already telegraphed to us that you will clearly be sitting on your hands. That's your choice. I and it seems many others will continue to invest according to our plan.
Will the market drop for two years? Maybe. When my father and others were screaming at me that I was a fool for investing as this started I said I doubt it will go much below 20,000. Seemed I was right. Am I know an expert who can open up a hedge fund with my stellar powers of reading the market and make you all rich? No. I am a blind squirrel who happened to find an acorn. And so may you be sir if in two years you are right. If you let it get to your head, you'll then make the next call, and it has a 85-90% chance of being wrong, just as the call you already missed, the run up we are in right now. By your own evidence you have proven at this point in history to be 100% wrong. The only prediction you made, that the market could not go up on this news is what has you here. 0 for 1. Will you be 1 for 2 or 0 for 2 in two years with the other prediction, that "we can only go down for 2 years"? In either case 50% accurate is not a great track record to pontificate from.
ETA: And my company of 10,000+ employees is still operating, albeit all working from home, so there is at least one company running. Oh, and the 5 grocery stores in my town, and the 50 restaurants providing take out, and the 3 home improvement stores. Seems to be a lot open in my neck of the woods. Sorry everything closed in yours. How is the hunting for rabbits for dinner going?