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melm00se

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17. the stock market is

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 03:52 PM

Jan 2014

one of many metrics that indicates the overall health (or sickness) in the economy.

Regardless of the amount of focus put on the stock market, it, in and of itself, is not a sole indicator of the status of the economy.

Additionally, the stock market, contrary to some of the perception of people here at DU, has many "regular" people investors in it. Some directly and some indirectly so how the market goes can have an impact upon their current financial situation as well as their future.

- Pensions invest in the stock market.
- 401k, 403b, 401a investors have investments in the stock market.
- IRA holders have investments in the stock market.

there is a micro view and a macro view of the economy. You post indicates that you are taking a micro view of the economy (and there is nothing wrong with that - it can and does serve a purpose), the stock market (taken as a whole) is a macro economic indicator. Both influence each other.

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