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Will the Fed's Spending Drive Stocks Back Up to Their Pre-Lehman Levels?
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up more than 10% in the past month, and it finally looks like all of the thin threads of strength we've seen over the past few months are starting to twine together into a single rope that may be strong enough to pull stocks back up to pre-crisis levels.
The key threads are:
- The ECRI Weekly Leading Index has stabilized and turned higher.
- The U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it had made an epic change in its outlook, targeting deflation instead of inflation.
- Emerging markets and commodities are leading other markets higher, as we have seen for two months.
- Demand for stocks has increased while supply has decreased.
Even if you are skeptical of these developments, remember one thing: The Fed has absolutely flooded the financial system with money.
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