DIM Keywords.
Soft landing from where?
Actually, that "silence" you "hear" is the result of your words being WRITTEN IN A PAPER, and your question being asked with only yourself in the room to write an answer.
In the real world, what most of us heard was our own guffaws of laughter when we read you speaking to your own IGNORANCE.
I imagine the answer to the question isn't the only thing "unbeknownst" to this author.
My 401k gained over $8,000 yesterday in one day. I'm not seeing the doom.
It's good to be a Rich Republican
I'm loving every step of the journey
and IIRC the stock market didn't do too bad the last time we had "gridlock"
:-)
Markov processes do not have party affiliation, Dem or not Dem.
As I recall,they said the same thing at the following Milestones in the DOW:
500
600
700
800
900
1000 (most vigourously)
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5,000 (Really)
6,000 (Really, Really)
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10,000 (OMG...REALLY! IT WILL CRASH! IT WILL NEVER...)
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12,000 (OKAY, I REALLY MEAN THIS IS UNREALISTIC! WHERE IS THAT DAMNED FED?)
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12,001
12,002
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INSERT YOUR NUMBER HERE AND ACCOMPANYING HYSTERICAL RANT. TAKE COMFORT THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU MAY BE RIGHT. YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE AND HOPE NOBODY REMEMBERS YOU SAYING IT ALL THOSE OTHER TIMES.
Traditionally, October is a down month. This year it isn't.
Perhaps the economy is even stronger than anyone thought possible.
This isn't part of a "Dem strategy" - Bill Fleckenstein has been a perma-bear since forever..
an earnings season that I expect to be pregnant with disappointment ...
Last count 70% of companies reporting were exceeding estimates....
This time it doesn't have that feel to me. It feels pretty solid. I believe the only thing that has been holding the market down for the last two years is energy prices, and those are going down rapidly now. There is some worry about the credit bubble, and if energy prices were not dropping I would be very worried, but I believe the drop in energy prices is offsetting the credit bubble deflation, at least for the moment.
The economy is growing, unemployment is low and it just doesn't feel like the wild days of 1999-2000. I wouldn't be surprised to see a correction, but I don't see a meltdown coming.
Disclaimer: I am not a financial analyst and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.