hmm...just for fun...

jamesmith

Wow, I am amazed by how much the Federal Reserve balance sheet has grew, and the high correlation with S&P 500...Did Yellen said the FED is winding down QE and plan to raise rates 6 months after ending QE? hmm...



Real median household income vs S&P 500 from 1984 to 2012...real means CPI (inflation) adjusted...median means 50% of the household are higher and 50% and lower than this number...Looks at how they diverge...no wonder many small retailers aren't doing good, because real income for average middle classes are back to 1995 level.



The spread between junk bond index and 10 year treasury are almost down to lowest level we seen at 1997, 2005 and 2007. Investors are not getting much more yield for risk of buying junk bond. Not very surprising because treasury yield is extremely low due to QE, people want income are buying junk bonds, thus pushing yield spread down.



got these ideas from something i read...and the FRED website is very easy to use and have tons of economic data...these are just for fun, investors should not based their decision on macro data, valuation of company and price we pay are most important
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

lilitulip

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源济

非常感谢！

spo

wsjboy

thanks a lot!