[Sixstrings]

Well, at least the beaches and sunshine are still free

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'W')ell, at least the beaches and sunshine are still free

[Cid_Yama]

Main problem is the privatization of water. Soon you will find yourself living in the world of Ming the Merciless.

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cipi604', 'W')e are just warming up for the greatest depression.

[dinopello]

Consumer confidence SOARS !

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')onsumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more American shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them.

[vision-master]

The Fed's next task: combating runaway prices

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ately, a steady stream of economic data has suggested that while the economy is still shrinking, the pace of the decline is slowing. That, in turn, has stoked fears that the Fed's efforts to steer the economy away from a 1930s-era depression would push the country toward '70s-style inflation.

[AirlinePilot]

Eli has it right. The pump monkeys dont care about trends. They dont care about fundamentals. They dont care about debt. They dont care about earnings. They dont care about valuing worthless assets correctly or not.

They care only about snippets of data which can be used to pump the markets right now. Taken out of context and with little to no proper analysis this is what you get.

Joe 6 pack has no clue of what is unfolding. Hel even smart folks who should know better seem to be running around with blinders on. It will just make the inevitable further donward trends that much more painful for the rest of us.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'E')li has it right. The pump monkeys dont care about trends. They dont care about fundamentals. They dont care about debt. They dont care about earnings. They dont care about valuing worthless assets correctly or not.

They care only about snippets of data which can be used to pump the markets right now. Taken out of context and with little to no proper analysis this is what you get.

Joe 6 pack has no clue of what is unfolding. Hel even smart folks who should know better seem to be running around with blinders on. It will just make the inevitable further donward trends that much more painful for the rest of us.

[Maddog78]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UncoveringTruths', '
')
Oil will be down today but with these types of reports it will be up tommorrow on projected demand from rosy future is bright reports.

I tell you they do it to themselves.

[AAA]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UncoveringTruths', '
')
This has got me thinking.. How can consumer confidence be high when everything costs more?

[3aidlillahi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') think you guys are the ones with your head in the sand.

First, most everything costs LESS now that we are in a recession.

[AAA]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('3aidlillahi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') think you guys are the ones with your head in the sand.

First, most everything costs LESS now that we are in a recession.

[dunewalker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AAA', '
')
I think you guys are the ones with your head in the sand.

Unemployment is less than 10% which means more than 90% of people still have jobs and are making money.

[AAA]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', '
')Shadow statistics:

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AAA', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UncoveringTruths', '
')
This has got me thinking.. How can consumer confidence be high when everything costs more?

[dunewalker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AAA', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', '
')Shadow statistics:

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data

[Sixstrings]

Lol this tread really mixed me up, I didn't realize it was from 05 at first. The one post where the guy says life is good and all his friends have good jobs etc. etc. made me think.. '05 was a good year for me too.

But the consumer confidence talk.. why were they talking about that in 05??? There was no recession, why were people following consumer confidence numbers?

And, here it is '09 and we're still going on about the consumer confidence number. Anyone want to wager whether we'll still be talking about this in '13?

Maybe it's time for me to stop worrying about Peak Oil and learn to love the bomb.

[3aidlillahi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')ost everything is cheaper. TVs, Vehicles, Houses, Applicances, etc....

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'T')here was no recession, why were people following consumer confidence numbers?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'T')here was no recession, why were people following consumer confidence numbers?