How about bottled water, generators, gas. The market since the end of August has went up over 10%, nothing going on in the Economy can explain part of this, Unemployment Lost 95,000 more net jobs, consumer confidence, foreclosures, $1.3 - $1.6 Trillion debt.
The thing is any interest bearing investment is dead, now would be a buying opportunity. Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper. Any commodities are on a tear including food. This has to become inflationary at some point.
Interestingly, the USD has fallen against most Asian currencies by 4-5% over that same period. Probably easy to get "euphoria" over a rise in the DJIA because the currency it's based on is being devalued...
Been working on restocking the pantry. I wanted to pick-up some ground meat the other day. It was nearly $5 per Lb. I didn't buy and thought...been a while since I've needed it...when did those prices jump like that? Lots of stuff is being reduced in size one serving at a time. Inflation is already here, it is just hidden in the packaging.