cletus wrote:The smart money remains bullish on stocks.
I can't find a single bearish indicator, in fact, there hasn't be as bullish of a time since March 2009.
No one believes me, but eventually they will have to.
The only thing bullish for the stock markets is foreign capital flight. Ukrainians, Russians, Chinese, Greeks, etc. ALL fleeing their respective borders and putting money anyplace they think it'll stay safe. That precludes American banks and leaves real estate (60% of purchases in the U.S. were all cash over the past 5 years!), bonds, stocks and art work. This has NOTHING to do with bullishness regarding fundamentals, growth prospects or value. Those arguments could be destroyed by my 10th grade daughter. No, this has everything to do with capital flight and the cleanest dirty shirt syndrome; the U.S. is, pathetically, the cleanest dirty shirt (for now).