1929 And Today - Sobering Parallels Abound

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EXACTLY. Gentlemen, I submit to you a chart of the Baltic Dry Index, a great indicator of world economic activity. You'll notice it's down...only about 90% from it's recent peak.

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That chart is over a year old.

Baltic Dry is at 2800+, not 995.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=bdiy&exch=IND&x=15&y=11

Here is a 1 year chart-

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/cbuilder?ticker1=BDIY:IND
 
the one you're obviously blind. this is just today earnings.90% of them are down 20% are more year over year.yes good and apple doing well but co's like cat there rev's collapsed down 40%. the %'s at the end of each stock say what % year over year the rev's were. this is awful and its being hyped to the moon




Yr/Yr Rev
Applied Industrial AIT 0.26 0.24 0.52
437.70 421.10 -19.5%

Arbitron ARB 0.51 0.53 0.63
98.10 103.05 -4.3%

Astec Industries ASTE 0.15 0.31 0.71
166.08 188.31 -30.1%

Autoliv ALV 0.36 a 0.28 0.76
1325.90 1284.35 -14.2%

Bank of NY BK 0.54 a 0.48 0.79
3333.00 3181.63 3.7%

Biogen Idec BIIB 1.12 1.04 0.98
1121.00 1110.79 2.6%
BlackRock BLK 2.10 a 1.93 1.71
1140.00 1126.97 -13.2%

Brinker EAT 0.17 a 0.15 0.20
778.00 765.95 -20.9%

Carlisle Cos CSL 0.73 a 0.68 0.82
640.60 636.60 -23.1%

Caterpillar CAT 0.64 0.06 1.39
7298.00 7475.84 -43.8%
Cirrus Logic CRUS 0.11 a 0.10 0.15
55.70 55.65 4.5%
Coach COH 0.44 0.39 0.44
761.00 753.82 1.1%

Coca-Cola KO 0.82 0.82 0.83
8044.00 8111.26 -4.2%

Comerica CMA -0.10 -0.53 0.18

607.56

Diamondrock Hospitality DRH 0.19 a 0.17 0.34
137.80 133.65 -14.6%

DuPont DD 0.45 0.33 0.56
5961.00 6138.23 -18.3%
First Cash FCFS 0.35 0.34 0.30
94.60 88.48 12.9%
Forest Labs FRX 0.85 a 0.86 0.80
962.70 1015.87 4.0%
Great A&P Tea GAP -1.18 -0.71 -0.28
2065.00 2126.68 -5.4%

Heartland Express HTLD 0.16 0.16 0.17
113.40 125.03 -33.3%

II-VI Inc IIVI 0.21 0.14 0.57
65.53 58.65 -25.2%
Illinois Tool ITW 0.60 0.53 0.85
3580.00 3574.33 -19.8%
Imation IMN 0.14 a 0.10 0.11
401.30 449.00 -15.7%

Invesco IVZ 0.24 0.24 0.33
706.00 687.00 12.9%

Jefferies Group JEF 0.42 0.28 -0.12
700.00 535.52 154.5%

Journal Commun JRN 0.02 a 0.08 0.16
105.10 108.14 -22.9%

Labranche LAB -0.22 0.05 0.22
29.25 50.14 -62.2%

Lexmark LXK 0.65 0.45 0.63
958.00 901.31 -15.3%
Lockheed Martin LMT 2.07 c 1.83 1.92
11056.00 11403.27 4.5%
M&T Bank MTB 0.98 c 0.66 0.91

819.76

Marshall & Ilsley MI -0.68 -0.68 0.32

595.99

New Oriental Education & Technology EDU 1.57 a 1.57 1.27
149.36 154.57 26.3%
OptionsXpress OXPS 0.28 0.26 0.40
62.30 61.64 -6.8%

Parker-Hannifin PH 0.45 0.17 1.50
2237.16 2165.93 -27.0%
Peabody Energy BTU 0.49 a 0.23 1.38
1667.00 1419.27 24.6%
Pentair PNR 0.42 0.41 0.55
663.00 680.14 -22.5%
Pfizer PFE 0.51 0.48 0.62
11621.00 11405.01 -2.9%
Precision Castparts PCP 1.54 1.63 1.89
1302.10 1394.75 -27.6%

Quest Diagnostics DGX 1.02 0.96 0.86
1897.00 1891.37 3.8%
Regions Fincl RF -0.37 -0.25 0.15
1617.00 1582.71 -20.3%

Sherwin-Williams SHW 1.51 1.35 1.50
1996.00 2012.42 -12.0%
State Street STT 1.05 a 1.04 1.24
2236.00 2210.33 -19.3%
Supervalu SVU 0.35 0.33 0.61
9461.00 9648.03 -7.5%
UAL Corp. UAUA -0.43 a -0.94 -1.99
4433.00 4339.14 -20.3%

United Tech UTX 1.14 1.12 1.36
13375.00 13312.14 -11.3%
UnitedHealth UNH 0.89 0.76 0.73
21695.00 21558.47 7.6%
Western Union WU 0.33 a 0.32 0.33
1314.10 1285.33 -4.6%
After The Close Actual
First Call Yr Ago
Actual Rev First Call Rev Yr/Yr Rev
American Capital Agency AGNC
0.89 1.26

23.03

Amylin Pharms AMLN -0.19 -0.29 -0.57
211.20 219.00 -3.2%

C.H. Robinson CHRW 0.57 0.56 0.54
1954.80 1961.26 -15.6%

Canadian Natl Rail CNI 0.94 d 0.89 1.16
1845.00 1945.88 -18.3%

Cree CREE 0.30 a 0.22 0.10
169.13 164.52 20.5%
Cymer CYMI 0.36 0.17 0.19
92.30 82.20 -16.5%
Drugstore.com DSCM -0.02 -0.04 -0.04
96.80 94.50 10.3%
Fulton Fincl FULT 0.10 0.07 0.17

175.39

Gilead Sciences GILD 0.78 0.67 0.52
1801.00 1753.88 31.4%

Hancock Holding HBHC
0.47 0.50

92.61

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. HA 0.20 a 0.28

305.63 299.26 -10.1%

IberiaBank IBKC
0.44 0.77

68.24

iGATE IGTE 0.16 0.13 0.15
49.10 48.20 -11.4%

Infinera INFN -0.03 a -0.12 0.00
83.41 80.54 -30.8%

Intuitive Surgical ISRG 1.64 1.48 1.44
280.10 258.23 18.7%

Manhattan Assoc MANH 0.43 0.17 0.34
65.30 60.05 -21.0%

Marten Transport MRTN 0.16 0.22 0.28
129.40 131.50 -20.8%

Nabors Ind NBR 0.18 a 0.16 0.73
803.60 820.35 -44.2%

NuVasive NUVA 0.13 c 0.05 0.21
94.90 92.90 41.9%
Pinnacle Finl PNFP
-0.09 0.9

41.81

Polycom PLCM 0.31 0.32 0.37
243.00 236.40 5.2%

RC2 RCRC 0.66 0.58 0.66
126.50 130.96 -4.8%

SanDisk SNDK 0.75 a 0.26 -0.59
935.20 787.94 13.8%
Seagate Tech STX 0.58 a 0.47 0.26
2663.00 2619.73 -12.2%
SLM Corp SLM 0.26 c 0.04 0.19

582.71

Sonic SONC 0.29 0.27 0.33
173.82 170.06 -23.4%

STMicroelectronics STM 0.15 a -0.09 -0.32
2269.00 2251.10 -15.6%
Stryker SYK 0.69 a 0.69 0.66
1653.00 1615.28 .0%
Supertex SUPX 0.08 0.10 0.35
15.90 14.82 16.9%
Tupperware TUP 0.54 a 0.42 0.47
514.00 486.23 .2%
Vascular Solutions VASC 0.09 0.09 0.11
17.20 17.18 11.0%
Vocus VOCS 0.17 a 0.16 0.20
21.00 21.01 5.0%
Walter Energy WLT 0.45 0.27 1.27
278.30 222.80 -9.9%

Yahoo! YHOO 0.13 0.07 0.09
1131.42 1122.92 -14.6%

Zenith National Insurance ZNT 0.16 a 0.10

156.80 145.91 -6.1%
 
I'd like to see a chart showing revenue adjusted for obliterating plants, machinery and employees.

Companies can only shrink to survive and meet lowered expectations on net rev for so long...
 
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