[CRBDeuce]

gpk...overall, I'm actually agreeing with you. But in this specific instance, the Michigan Consumer Sentiment actually did go up this week: Consumer Sentiment

[gpk9]

"But in this specific instance, the Michigan Consumer Sentiment actually did go up this week: Consumer Sentiment"

No serious investor gives a rat's ass about touchy-feely nonsense like that. Serious investors watch the financial fundaments. Financial fundamentals say consumers are cutting way back on spending. That is corroborated in frighteningly dismal 4Q retail sailes numbers, and is continuing into '09.