Posted on 08/09/2011 7:56:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
During a period like this, with stocks plunging almost on a daily basis, it's clear that fear and shock are ruling the roost. But fear can be overdone. As someone who has been around awhile and has seen many sell-offs, let me offer some advice: Do not panic. Market corrections come and go. They are not the end of the world. Most times they are actually healthy.
The S&P downgrade is a fiscal warning, not an economic event. And the growing fear of U.S. recession may not pan out. There are still plusses out there, believe it or not.
Our financial system is in vastly better shape than it was in September 2008. Vastly better shape.
The Federal Reserve is highly accommodative, as illustrated by the upward-sloping yield curve. Using the yield-curve measure alone, the chances of recession based on historical analysis are very low.
And energy prices are coming down, with oil moving toward $80 a barrel. Oil analyst Peter Beutel points out that gasoline prices in the last two weeks have fallen by 35 to 40 cents. Adding in other oil-related savings, the energy-price drop amounts to a $100 billion tax rebate for consumers.
Plus, corporate profits will continue to rise while business balance sheets are pristine and chock full of cash. Consider the combination of solid productivity, moderate wage rates, and falling commodity prices. These are all plusses for the economy and stocks.
So in light of all these factors, it seems to me that the economy can hold up. It's not the kind of rapid growth I'd like to see. But it's not the deep and dark recession that seems to be embodied in the stock market plunge.
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What we are seeing in London has only been prevented here because we have a Black man as President. Were he lily white, and worse, a Republican, our cities would be in flames.
Next stop? Libya...
Wrong as hell, but optimistic
must need his cocaine or FBI files....
I said no such thing on doom and gloom. My argument is that Larry is hyping the economy without citing certain things that hurt his argument. Oil prices tanking was just one blatant omission. I am a regular watching his evening CNBC program. No matter how bad things are, he consistently pushes that things are fine and everything in the economy is turning around. He even had to tap dance around the price of gold in his argument in this piece.
He is right. It isn’t like 08. We won’t allow Hussein’s cult to win this time.
Fundamental Transformation™
It’s more like 1929...
It is interesting that they picked the day of signing the deficit increase bill to announce that they are forcing the insurance companies to pay for birth control and morning after pills.
This is one of the first mandates from Obamacare and any company that doesn't see the writing on the wall is delusional. No company will be safe from government takeover if this stays intact. The federal government can come up with a 'public good' argument to take over any industry or business.
No, Larry, it’s worse than 2008.
Haven’t seen a drop here in N. CA.
It is not the purpose of hiring to piss away your money.
You only hire if you think that you can make more by hiring than by not hiring.
Why, pray tell, is the Market up today? What has changed since yesterday? The answer is not nothing. What has changed since yesterday is that things are getting worse. Furthermore, they will continue to do so for as long as The Usurping Marxist Onada nd his band of angry commies continue control the levers of power.
“You only hire if you think that you can make more by hiring than by not hiring.”
Yeh thats my point. Things are not great just because Corporations have cash.
Larry Kudlow would barbecue live puppies over hot coals, if it would yank the indexes up half a percent for him and his day trader buddies.
I honestly haven’t looked, but are you saying there is no inverted yield curve right now ? If thats the case, that would be a major point for Kudlow, I haven’t actually seen what the curve is like, so I honestly don’t know.
The Treasury yield curve is a long way from inverted.
The curve is still quite steep: From short-term bills and notes, to long-term bonds.
I think Larry is right on target.
If the curve is very steep, does or doesn't that signal inflation ?
I'm kind of vague on this.
Do you know where I can see the curve ?
If oil is so low...why are the gas prices still over $3.50 a gallon? C’mon 0bama explain that to me will ya’?
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