Just how overbought is the current rally? Data from David Rosenberg would imply that we are currently living through a statistical outlier:
• GDP has expanded by 5.3%, on average (now just bottoming out)
• Corporate profits are growing at 34%, on average (ditto)
• Employment has rebounded by 2.1 mln (still declining)
• Bank lending rose an average of 16.5% (ditto)
• ISM is at 58.9, on average (now 52.9)
• Consumer Confidence (Conference Board) is at 91.8, on average (now 54.1)
Source: Gluskin Sheff
Mr. Roche is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Discipline Funds.Discipline Funds is a low fee financial advisory firm with a focus on helping people be more disciplined with their finances.
He is also the author of Pragmatic Capitalism: What Every Investor Needs to Understand About Money and Finance, Understanding the Modern Monetary System and Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction.
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