There is also the pervasive dream of market timing. Everyone seems to be talking about the timing, entering on a pullback, taking profits on a run-up ... all good, but everyone can't do it (that would be mathematically impossible) ... meanwhile, the ins and outs are scaring everyone even more.
I've seen a lot of talk of a $50-60 gold correction (I don't think so myself). If you have a $90 stock and it pulls back to $85, you take that in stride ... yet a POTENTIAL drop in gold sends everyone scurrying for the exits.