The argument that I’ve heard repeated ad nauseam as a reason why stocks should simply go up “until the Fed takes the punch bowl away” (even at current market all-time highs) has been, “It’s different this time.” I even heard a comparison today that we’re in a market environment like the mid-90s.

I’d just take a minute to remind traders that Baby Boomers, who were heavily into acquiring all kinds of assets/products/services/loans for themselves and their growing children/teenagers in the 90s, are now facing retirement and are no longer “spending like there’s no tomorrow” on the same kind of stuff. To illustrate this point, I’d direct you to my post of July 17, 2011. (more…)