The Fed thinks they've mastered the art of making the indexes going up 30% plus annually ad infinitum.
Only good thing that can be said on a relative basis is that the US is not Weimar Germany where stocks were going up 20% per month.
Yes, economist Gary Shilling also calls it "the Grand Disconnect."
The Fed has a tiger (raised since a cub) by the tail and is afraid to let go, except by half-hearted attempts at tapering that no market no longer believes in.
Now that stocks are again at all time highs, Fed chatter seems again trying to sound a little more hawkish by emphasizing QE exit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-usa-fed-bullard-unemployment-idUSBRE97112A20130802
If HLF pulls a Volkswagen, Ackman's career would be over.
Daniel Drew once said, "He who sells what isnât hisân, Must buy it back or go to prison."
http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/quotes-daniel-drew-sells-hisn-buy-prison/
Yeah, Soros smells the short squeeze coming. What does Ackman do? Herbalife is even more "overvalued" now.
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/hlf/short-interest
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Incident One:
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