Monday, July 27, 2009

Dear CNBC,

This is not a recovery:

Home sales up 11% to 384,000 (annually – seasonally adjusted)

WOW up 11% sure sounds awesome but what is normal – 1,200,000 – hmm doesn’t look so good now does it.

On a related front the stock market it up 60% from its lows - again sure sounds good – but it is still at levels not seen for 10 years. Maybe more – the market was over 10,000 10 years ago today.

There is nothing like some good old statistical numbers manipulation to make you feel good.

2 comments:

Lucie said...

Call me an optimist, but I still think up is better than down. At least its starting to c...r...a..w...l in the right direction. :)

Brookie Biggers said...

You crack me up! I love this post.