Quote Originally Posted by swede View Post
Think of the economy as the eponymous cadaver of "Weekend at Bernie's" fame and the fed's monetary policy of printing Monopoly money as the two guys holding him up.

If the two guys holding up Bernie have to let him go, he's sliding right down into the cheese log.

There are no new jobs, less wages, and almost no expansion of the manufacturing base. Corporations in the stock market have been cruising around Bernie's party and being profitable by reducing costs, not wanting to admit that the host isn't smelling too good, and not just because of the cheese.
But if profits are up, there is SOME health there. There are other indications too, like my house selling in 12 hours with two offers, each for $10k more than the asking price, and the fact that my company can't hire fast enough, nor can our colleagues.