Quote Originally Posted by Chubminnow View Post
Does anyone know why the stock market is up right now? Does anyone here really feel things are on the upswing? Is it just a bunch of fake, bogus phooey, someone somewhere making up?

I don't know about the rest of the country but in Kentucky there ain't a lot of construction going on right now...definitely not at the state level. Construction is the largest industry in the United States isn't it? Assuming this to be true, from where I'm sitting I can't see where the economy is doing all that great, even though reports say retail sales are up, less claims for unemployment are being filed and x-amount of "new" jobs have been created, I still don't see it happening and don't know what's behind the numbers supporting the stock market.
Brother, if you ever figure out the stock market, PLEASE explain it to me in simple terms. Seems it's driven by emotion as much as hard numbers.

The current Presidential administration and their PR arm, the news media keep telling us the recession is over, but I sure as heck don't see it.