Wherever oil goes, the stock market goes

Re:Wherever oil goes, the stock market goes by jameslk on Monday February 15, 2016 @12:28PM (#11104591)

Cheap stocks? To me, everything looks pretty inflated from the QE fun we've had since 2009. What goes up, must come down. And over the past 7 years, stocks have gone pretty far up. Now the party is over thanks to the Fed.

Or, to put it more visually, take a look at the graph of the S&P 500 since 1994: http://i.imgur.com/5Kn5XJM.gif

I think that does a good job of illustrating our problem here.

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Re:Wherever oil goes, the stock market goes by rmah on Monday February 15, 2016 @04:43PM (#11106261)

Have you tried adjusting it for inflation and GDP growth?

Even after that, the S&P 500 should be doing better. Why? Because the S&P500 represents the winners not the overall economy.

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