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Stock Market Indicator Says Stocks Should Double Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013April 01, 2013 - 12:15 PM GMT By: Money Morning Martin Hutchinson writes: With the markets breaking all-time highs last week, it begs the question of just how high they can go. At 1,569 points the bears would say at this point the S&P 500 is completely overdone. With a sluggish economy and a growing federal deficit, you might be prone to believe them. But there is a little-known indicator that became very fashionable between 1982-2007 that says something else entirely. Noted for its accuracy over that period, it...

Our “Oh so smart President” is running on a message voters are laughing at, so says Democracy Corps partner Stanley Greenberg. The former Clinton pollster has released the results of a voter survey essentially asking respondents if they believe the line, “America is back!” and their answer is a resounding: “Hell No!” Greenberg warns Democrats trying to fool voters into believing our economy has rebounded seems to be something only those in the DNC and the media believe (how many times have we heard the phrase “The fragile recovery.”?) because it “polls horribly!” Greenberg tested several variations of Obama’s lies...

15 Trillion Dollars In Debt, 45 Million Americans On Food Stamps And Zero Solutions On The HorizonNovember 3, 2011 How does a country end up 15 trillion dollars in debt? 30 years ago, we were just a little over a trillion dollars in debt. How in the world do supposedly rational people living in "the greatest nation on earth" allow themselves to commit national financial suicide by allowing government debt to explode like that? It almost seems like there should be some sort of official ceremony in Washington D.C. to commemorate this achievement. It really takes something special to be...

Want to Know if We're Double Dipping? Look at Terms of Trade Indicator by: Francois Soto June 27, 2010 ECRI Weekly LEI Issue Many market participants are debating whether or not a double dip recession will occur within the next quarters. As we are writing our report, ECRI Weekly LEI fell quickly to 122.5 points from 134.7 in April. This indicator did a good job leading U.S. Real GDP Y/Y by 6 months over the last two decades. However, ECRI Weekly LEI recently became quite unreliable as it increased up to 25% Y/Y in April, a level consistent with an...