The stock market is a bubble built on taxpayer (bailout) funds.
The Q3 results point out how our economy is still drifting downward (albeit, slower) via lower sales reports versus Q2.
Company profits are mostly up due to cost-cutting, not increased activity.
Shipping companies reported a bad Q3, revealing store shelves are not being stocked heavily for the Christmas shopping season.
that cost cutting is due to sending workers home. once productivity gains are in place,those workers will not be called back. An extremely large % of the lost jobs are never coming back.