[PenultimateManStanding]

Interesting POST qwerty. Well put. You can EVEN spell QUITE well, it seems, if you WANT to.

[seldom_seen]

Like yeast in a wine vat, so are the days of our lives.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'L')ike yeast in a wine vat, so are the days of our lives.

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') sure would like to meet you guys and go off into the wilderness hiking. See the crows and eagles flying high over the pines.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'Y')ou just open the car door and let holmes go. Kind of like one of those wildlife documentaries where they let the animal out of the cage in the back of the truck.

[firestarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')y Rex Nutting
Last Update: 10:00 AM ET Jul 31, 2007


WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. consumers were more positive about the economy and their own finances in July than at any time since 9/11, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The consumer confidence index rose to 112.6 from a revised 105.3, ahead of expectations of a gain to 106.0. The present situation index rose to 139.2 (also the highest since August 2001) from 129.9 in June, while the expectations index rose to 94.8 from 88.8. The improvement was largely due to fewer consumers expressing pessimism, but the number of optimists also grew. The percentage of consumers saying jobs are plentiful rose to 30.5% from 27.6%, while the number saying jobs are hard to get fell to 18.4% from 20.5%.

[peaker_2005]

Either that, or the ministry of propaganda is in full swing now.

[dinopello]

It's all about the jobs. If you are feeling secure in your job, then other stuff matters very little. Why people feel secure I don't know.

[setag]

This makes no sense to me. I must be on a different planet.

[MaterialExcess]

Consumer confidence has always been a lagging indicator. I think it fits in perfectly with the things starting to happen in the markets right now.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'I')t's all about the jobs. If you are feeling secure in your job, then other stuff matters very little. Why people feel secure I don't know.

[Cid_Yama]

You are constantly hearing the phrase, "when confidence returns to the markets."

One thing that is being overlooked is confidence may not return.

Those that went through the Great Depression never regained confidence. It took waiting for a new generation who had not experienced it for the market to return.

[Quinny]

I'm pretty confident we're FUBAR.

[Arsenal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', ' ')It took waiting for a new generation who had not experienced it for the market to return.

[dunewalker]

You mean like in "confidence game"?:

"A swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her confidence has been won."

[Spanktron9]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', '
')Those that went through the Great Depression never regained confidence. It took waiting for a new generation who had not experienced it for the market to return.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', ' ')It took waiting for a new generation who had not experienced it for the market to return.

[cipi604]

And don't forget that ppl always are confident to have a car, to have gas to drive it and a job to drive to.

[bratticus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')u]December Consumer Confidence Approaches Six-Year Low
... Consumer sentiment plunged to a near all-time low as Americans continued to be bombarded with bleak economic news, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH

[cipi604]

We are just warming up for the greatest depression.