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Today, I’m dishing on the unbelievable rebound in residential real estate, pesky rumors about the dollar’s demise and a resurgent U.S. stock market. So let’s get to it.
So writes Lou Basenese (www.wallstreetdaily.com) in edited excerpts from his original post* entitled Friday Charts: Three Trends You Won’t Believe Are Gaining Momentum.
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Dollar Bears Be Damned!
We’ve heard it for years. The U.S. dollar is doomed and its demise could happen any day now! Well, it’s time to replace the dollar as everyone’s favorite currency to malign…[because,] lately, courtesy of the banking woes in Cyprus and the ensuing flight to safety, the U.S. Dollar Index is up over 5% in the last two months [as can be seen in the chart below].
I know, I know, it’s merely a head fake before a massive collapse, right? [Wrong!] That’s what the dollar bears want us to believe but new research out of Deutsche Bank, however, suggests that we might want to think otherwise.
Go Global or Go Broke… Or Not!
Not long ago, analyst after analyst warned that the supremacy of U.S. stocks would come to an end and [that] those sorry investors who didn’t rush into traditionally much more volatile international and emerging markets would regret it big time…
[The fact is, though, that] U.S. stocks…have been outperforming other global markets…[to the extent] that the United States’ share of the world’s total stock market cap keeps climbing.
If there’s one bold prediction I’ve taken serious heat for, it’s last February’s call that the real estate market hit rock bottom….[and now] that moment has officially arrived. [As can be seen below in the latest] reading for the widely tracked S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index prices increased 8% in January, year-over-year, [and] the trend is accelerating, too.
Bottom line:
The recovery is legit. [Be that as it may, however,] the obvious investments are getting frothy [which] means, as I’ve noted before, it’s time to trim up our stops and think about putting new money to work in the sector elsewhere.
Editor’s Note: The author’s views and conclusions in the above article are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original post. Furthermore, the views, conclusions and any recommendations offered in this article are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor.
* http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2013/03/29/real-estate-recovery-housing-rebound/
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