Bernanke is Crazy to Think That the Economy is on the Verge of Recovery By: Curtis Ophoven 8/21/2009 - 6 Comments On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said what investors wanted to hear, that the economy is indeed on the verge of recovery. Your Ad Here The stock market rallied to new highs for the year.  Investors are drinking the cool aid with a beer bong – as fast as they can. The stock market is up 45% this year, but the average earning are down 30% and everything from consumer confidence to manufacturing to employment are headed down.  If you cannot smell a rat then put down the cool aid bong for a minute and think about this. The Fed is printing money faster than any time in history and the budget deficit is closing in on $2 trillion just this year – and Ben says we are on the verge of an economic recovery.  Who is he kidding? There is only one thing that can happen; the stock market is going to crash again. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but in the near future that market is going to have to correct itself and face reality.  I’m not even sure who is buying stocks?  With a 10% unemployment, a steep drop in 401k contributions and many of the big investors still in bonds and the little investors waiting to recover the money they lost last year, who is buying up the market? My guess is that foreigner investors are buying up the market, hoping to get some good prices on some of the best US companies in the world before the US economic recovery even starts. That means when the US economy recovers and US companies start making money again, the profits will be going to foreign investors.  More money leaving the country.   Subscribe via RSS Copyright © 2010 PennyJobs.com. All rights reserved. Related Articles We Desperately Need to Return to a Free Market Banking System Why Doing Nothing Would Have Been Better Than The $787 Billion Stimulus Package You Can’t Afford To Ignore What The Government Has Done And Is Still Doing The Folly in Believing the Government Can Fix the Economy with Quick and Thoughtful Action How the Federal Reserve Created the Recession and How International Central Bankers are Making the Same Mistake << FREE >> Weekly Newsletter... Signup today and start receiving our free weekly newsletter! Reader Comments Comment 1 Alan Says: on Monday, August 24, 2009 7:14:09 PM Your article on this blog is fantastic. Well done! I'm a big fan of your blog and be sure to keep up the great work. I plan on returning and linking to your site. Sincerely, Author The Alan Haft Blog Comment 2 s Says: on Monday, August 24, 2009 9:52:29 PM All that talk of beer bonging brings back memories of college! Comment 3 j Says: on Monday, August 24, 2009 10:35:48 PM http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article12925.html yes, even Warren Buffett is warning that printing this much money is a very bad thing. Comment 4 k Says: on Monday, August 24, 2009 10:46:01 PM I agree, the mother of all bank runs could be right around the corner. http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi116.html Comment 5 l Says: on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:05:56 PM yeah, especially with this massive counterfit problem wreaking havok on our currency at the same time with no end in sight!!! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/counterfeiting-notes-on-a-scandal-1776329.html Write a Comment Please keep comments civil and on-topic. Abusive or inappropriate comments will be removed without warning.  Name (required)     Email Address (required)     Website URL  Comment

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