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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: elmatador who wrote (1601)	12/24/2018 1:12:38 AM
From: richardred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13801

The way I see it. Rising Wage Growth causes positive consumer confidence. Inflation seems to be under control, IMO mainly due to a slowing economy. Although we've seen a big decline in the market. IMO it's still declining in an orderly fashion. No circuit breakers are being used just yet. Maybe they won't even need to be used. IMO the market, in general, got ahead of itself. IMO IN 2019 US markets PE's will decline to lower the speculative fever. I believe the economy is still in good shape along with the US banking system as a whole. I think The US economy will get used to a higher interest rate base in place now. The question is, how much of a stimulus bill will pass legislation. The world is going through some major changes. IMO due to the US changing it's direction. As you already know much US sourced manufacturing in China, can be moved elsewhere. I also believe the US is now competitive in the World now. FWIW I'm just a Individual Investor stock picker watching economic conditions. I don't know if I'll be right or wrong, but I will deal whatever conditions are thrown my way. I've been investing through recessions and prosperity periods before. It's just part of the economic cycle. Many of the 401k corp. managers I've seen over the years who visit companies during big downturns. They usually use a similar post phrase I listed when their Corporate customers and clients are queasy. The Stock Market even though it's gone through big downturns has still proven to be a top performer over most traditional investments over the long haul. With that said, most 401K holders have a choice of safer investment choices if they deem the markets to risky. U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rises in December The University of Michigan index was 98.3, up from last month’s reading of 97.5 wsj.com