Lots of articles being written and many people questioning this disconnection of the market from the real economy....and one thing I keep hearing over and over again is that the market looks ahead, its forward looking....ummmm, so it seems that 99999999% of the time its looking ahead its always positive. I mean thats what I have gathered from seeing this said everytime there is a blip in the markets.
Why the Dow can jump 400 points even as the economy destroys over 20 million jobs
Published: May 9, 2020 at 3:19 p.m. ET
Advisors and analysts say they have been inundated with calls from clients asking why stocks keep soaring as the economic data grows uglier by the day.
They have a well-worn list of reasons: the market is forward looking and has already anticipated a sharp but short recession; there are tentative signs the outbreak has peaked;
progress toward treatments and even, potentially, a vaccine; the Federal Reserve’s
unleashing of unprecedented monetary stimulus and lending backstops, with the promise to do more; and a raft of federal spending aimed at shoring up workers and companies, albeit while drawing mixed reviews.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/w...omy-and-sends-unemployment-soaring-2020-05-09