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All in One Chart

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Greetings from fabled Treasure Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, where I am (of course) at a fencing tournament. That’s following a morning spent in Monterey (way, way south of here) for a gymnastics tournament. If you had told me ten years ago that my life would be dominated by sports events, I would never have believed you. But here I am.

Anyway, in the midst of this, our own beloved BDI, the crown prince of StealthFlation, sent me this fascinating chart. In a nutshell, it really shows that the answer to “What drives the stock market?” isn’t household income, like in quaint old days prior to 2009, but simply how much paper the Fed chokes down. It’s all revolting, but it’s also reality. For now.

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Why This Bounce is Different

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A Sloper with whom I stay in touch with on a regular basis, DukeInDubai, was kind enough to send me the following this weekend……

Shortly after the #twattop, markets showed weakness in the beginning of October, so I compiled a list of objective pros and cons for the bullish/bearish argument as you re-posted in “Animal Spirits.” Again, I’m going to try to formulate a list favoring arguments for both sides for only this dip. Obviously, I am bearish, but I still made every effort to formulate more bullish arguments. (more…)