http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/comment-page-1/#comment-206612 insaneclownposse Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:33:49 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=35871#comment-206612 All I know is that the stock market still hasn't gone anywhere for the past decade. That fact alone probably means something. This isn't 1930 where you were coming off a monster equity bubble the previous year. All I know is that the stock market still hasn’t gone anywhere for the past decade. That fact alone probably means something. This isn’t 1930 where you were coming off a monster equity bubble the previous year.

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/comment-page-1/#comment-206374 Signs of Recovery - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:47:13 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=35871#comment-206374 [...] A number of economists have started proclaiming that the recession is over, or at least that a recovery is just around the corner. Others disagree. Robert Hall, the chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, reportedly indicated recently that the group is still waiting for “activity to surpass its previous peak.” [...] [...] A number of economists have started proclaiming that the recession is over, or at least that a recovery is just around the corner. Others disagree. Robert Hall, the chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, reportedly indicated recently that the group is still waiting for “activity to surpass its previous peak.” [...]

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/comment-page-1/#comment-206289 Pat G. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:11:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=35871#comment-206289 Short answer; NO!! The DEPRESSION is not over. Short answer; NO!! The DEPRESSION is not over.

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/comment-page-1/#comment-206232 bdg123 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:22 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=35871#comment-206232 I have great respect for anyone who relies on the system yet can stand before the onslaught of Wall Street propaganda with their own opinion. But David still shows a naivety in his remark about what drives equity markets. The only thing that drives equity markets is supply and demand. And the only factor of significance in this analysis is liquidity. And given the banksters are actually draining future liquidity out of the markets as I type this - via Frankenstein finance - we are witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of another coming collapse. Enjoy the party. I have great respect for anyone who relies on the system yet can stand before the onslaught of Wall Street propaganda with their own opinion. But David still shows a naivety in his remark about what drives equity markets. The only thing that drives equity markets is supply and demand. And the only factor of significance in this analysis is liquidity. And given the banksters are actually draining future liquidity out of the markets as I type this – via Frankenstein finance – we are witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of another coming collapse. Enjoy the party.

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/is-the-recession-really-over/comment-page-1/#comment-206194 Secondary Sources: 1930 Replay, Recession Over, Rose Friedman - Real Time Economics - WSJ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:25:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=35871#comment-206194 [...] [...] [...] [...]

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