The Stock Market Is Going To Experience A Substantial Correction …
The Stock Market Is Going To Experience A Substantial Correction …
Sy Harding: Several months ago I wrote of how super bull markets that last nine or ten years have been once in a generation situations, the last ones being those of the 1920’s and the 1990’s, but that there were enough similarities to 1997 in the current bull market that it could possibly make it into that category. In 1997, the 1990’s bull market had also been underway for six years, which had the market already overvalued by traditional measurements. However, investors were convinced it was under the protection of the Fed and the ‘Greenspan Put’, and the bull market accelerated further to the upside (into what became the infamous 2000 bubble). The current market is likewise overvalued by the same traditional measurements, and investors are convinced it is under the Fed’s protection via the ‘Bernanke/Yellen Put’.
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“I study billionaires for a living. To be more specific, I study how these investors generate such huge and consistent profits in the stock markets — year-in and year-out.” CLICK HERE to get your Free E-Book, “The Little Black Book Of Billionaires Secrets” In another similarity, the 1990’s bull market had begun with the economy in recession, with government debt and budget deficits at scary record highs. However, by 1997 the anemic economic recovery was accelerating, and the budget deficits were coming down. This time around, the economy has also been pulling anemically out of recession, the market is in a six-year bull market, and Federal budget deficits are coming down from record highs. Unfortunately, the other positive developments that seemed to be in place several months ago have faded away quite dramatically. Last fall, it looked like the economic recovery was accelerating dramatically, as it had in 1997. GDP growth jumped from a recessionary – 2.1% in the first quarter of 2014 to 4.5% in the second quarter, then 5.0% in the third quarter. It looked to be headed toward robust growth above 6%, as was seen in 1997 (and which continued to 2000). However, economic growth has suddenly plunged again, back down to only 2.2% in the fourth quarter, and is forecast to come in as low as 1.7% in the first quarter of 2015, as negative economic reports continue for the first three months of 2015. In yet another negative turnaround, the rate of inflation, which climbed toward the Federal Reserve’s stated target of 2% last summer, has plunged since, all the way into negative (deflationary) territory in January. And Friday’s report is that the Producer Price Index unexpectedly came in at – 0.5% in February, its fourth straight monthly decline, versus the consensus forecast for a rise of 0.4%. The inflation rate in 1997 averaged 2.2%, and the Fed says it needs 2% inflation now to support economic growth. Unfortunately, while it looked last summer like it might get its wish, inflation is now moving in the opposite direction again, and aggressively enough to be raising deflation concerns. Link to article – The Stock Market Is Going To Experience A Substantial Correction …
