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Subject: Re: OT...unemployment rate
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On 10/6/2012 4:06 AM, Hank wrote:
> Reports show that the unemployment rate has dropped to 7.8% and the stock market hit a 5 year high.
>
> Just sayin' :-)
>
> Hank

True to the news media, they only tell some of the story.  They did not say 
whether or not those figures were "seasonally adjusted".  Come fall, the 
unemployment rate usually drops because fewer people are looking for work. 
Specifically, students are no longer looking for work.  Seasonally Adjusted data 
reflects this regular anomaly, just the same as unemployment rates drops in 
December and goes back up in January.

Regarding the stock market, the U.S. stock market is one part of a global 
investment community.  The major players are:  U.S. Stock Market, U.S. Bond 
Market,  European Stock Market, European Bond Market, and Emerging Markets 
including China and India.  The U.S. Bond Market is at record level low return, 
Europe is doing awful, and Emerging Markets are high risk.  That leaves the U.S 
Stock Market as the best of a group of weak choices.