Comments on: We Are In A Recession http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:40:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Patrick Starkey http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-33489 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:58:31 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-33489 We are not in a recession, and I wish people would quit parroting that tripe. The GDP experienced a 0.9% growth last quarter; which was better than the same time last year. Nobody was crying "recession" last year. The only real reason the word recession is even coming into play is that its an election year, and its a sure way to get people scared. Truth is, we're not in a recession, nor are we likely to hit one this year. We are not in a recession, and I wish people would quit parroting that tripe. The GDP experienced a 0.9% growth last quarter; which was better than the same time last year. Nobody was crying “recession” last year.

The only real reason the word recession is even coming into play is that its an election year, and its a sure way to get people scared. Truth is, we’re not in a recession, nor are we likely to hit one this year.

]]> by: Fed Delivers Steep Yield Curve: A Bull’s Best Friend http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-32911 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:16:19 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-32911 [...] What today’s yield curve is telegraphing is that the economy is about to kick into gear (again). A steep yield curve is usually observed at the end of a recession and/or just before major economic expansion. Sure, that may sound like crazy talk with all the bad news floating around. But that is how the market works. Everything is priced in. The bond market is, for the first time, holding the 90 day T-Bill rates steady even as the Fed lowers rates to meet it. [...] […] What today’s yield curve is telegraphing is that the economy is about to kick into gear (again). A steep yield curve is usually observed at the end of a recession and/or just before major economic expansion. Sure, that may sound like crazy talk with all the bad news floating around. But that is how the market works. Everything is priced in. The bond market is, for the first time, holding the 90 day T-Bill rates steady even as the Fed lowers rates to meet it. […]

]]> by: Consumer Sentiment Always Darkest Before Dawn http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-32592 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:33:17 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-32592 [...] A recession you say? Well, I’ll be! [...] […] A recession you say? Well, I’ll be! […]

]]> by: Is A Recession Inevitable? http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-28454 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:27:52 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-28454 [...] The Fed’s scramble to lower interest rates is much more than just a preoccupation with the housing market or the stock market slide or the liquidity crunch or the multi-billion dollar Societe Generale fraud or any other one variable. It is about the US economy’s inevitable slide into a recession. [...] […] The Fed’s scramble to lower interest rates is much more than just a preoccupation with the housing market or the stock market slide or the liquidity crunch or the multi-billion dollar Societe Generale fraud or any other one variable. It is about the US economy’s inevitable slide into a recession. […]

]]> by: Bizosphere - Home of Carnival of the Capitalists » Blog Archive » At Last! This Week’s Newsy Carnival of the Capitalists… http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26969 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:02:39 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26969 [...] On a less positive note, Trader’s Narrative declares We Are In A Recession, with graphs and historical trends to prove it. My perception has been that there has been almost a societal or media wish for a recession, and building the belief in one has been helping it creep ever closer to true. Kind of like causing failure by expecting failure, perhaps tossing in self-sabotage to ensure it, on a societal level. As long as there’s an IT Worker Shortage, or demand for people who know blogging, I ought to be fine. [...] […] On a less positive note, Trader’s Narrative declares We Are In A Recession, with graphs and historical trends to prove it. My perception has been that there has been almost a societal or media wish for a recession, and building the belief in one has been helping it creep ever closer to true. Kind of like causing failure by expecting failure, perhaps tossing in self-sabotage to ensure it, on a societal level. As long as there’s an IT Worker Shortage, or demand for people who know blogging, I ought to be fine. […]

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26577 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:23:20 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26577 Sandor, lol, I meant a link to my post you mentioned. Sandor, lol, I meant a link to my post you mentioned.

]]> by: Sandor http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26575 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:57:56 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26575 I'm sorry....Link love??? I’m sorry….Link love???

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26569 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:09:15 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26569 Sandor, obrigado, I know a bit of Spanish so I could follow along. - but where's the link love? :-) Sandor,
obrigado, I know a bit of Spanish so I could follow along.
- but where’s the link love? :-)

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26568 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:07:14 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26568 Tom, <a href="http://www.tradersnarrative.com/market-rally-around-the-corner-time-to-buy-392.html" rel="nofollow">you mean here</a>? yes, nothing material has changed so my expectations haven't either. Tom, you mean here?
yes, nothing material has changed so my expectations haven’t either.

]]> by: Tom http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26566 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/we-are-in-a-recession-841.html#comment-26566 Are you still expecting a market rally like in your second to last post? Are you still expecting a market rally like in your second to last post?

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