Why the US is on a Path to Recovery

[Precocity]

Well let's hope we don't have anything like that happen in 2013 so the market just keeps going up and up.

I won't hold my breath.

[cool_chick]

The stock market always fluctuates. It may go down for a few days. Election results always cause a dip. Sometimes a monthly employent report will cause it to dip. But a dip for a couple, 3 days is normal. What is abnormal is for it to lose 500 points daily over more than a few days. It is at 14,000. If it goes down a lot, then start worrying.

Looking at a stock market grid like that will drive you batty unnecessarily. It doesn't mean anything. It's trending, and what happens over time that is important to watch for.

[Precocity]

[Kane]

Meh, right now fluctuations are very tied to politics. It's been really really strange because in this environment equities haven't been as tied to performance. Lately that's been changing and I see that as a large positive.

[PoS]

[The Dude]

The stock market is like the worst economic indicator out there for the economy. I wouldn't use it for anything.