Zacks Investment Research

I'll take the Fed, you can have the boogeyman. If you listen to earning and look at the S&P it looks like the Fed is winning.

$ pumped in will obviously drive up the market, but it will also lower the value of your dollar so if you own stock in cash your cash money relative to your earning will be most likely nothing over a long term period unless you play options ect..

The last few economic recoveries coming out of recession have not been consumer led. i.e. They were jobless recoveries where the jobless rate did not improve until a while later. Expect the unemployment rate to top out somewhere between 10-11% then slowly start winding its way down. Also expect the recovery to be muted, because just like the great ... Read Moredepression, many people have learned to stay within their means. That means higher savings rate and less consumption. That truly is healthier in the long run.