None of this, however, entirely accounts for the strange disconnect between high growth and low index rankings.

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The ratio of home ownership has already declined from high sixties to the low sixties percentile, and the rentals index is favorable, but not forever.

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The yellow metal did back well off the early session high as the U.S. dollar index moved up from its low and U.S. stock indexes weakened.

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The yellow metal has backed well off the session high as the U.S. dollar index has moved up from its low and crude oil prices have moved down from their daily highs.

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When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship.

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The VIX Index (aka the Fear Index) is also showing a low level of fear (high level of bullishness and complacency), bouncing around 20, in the area associated with rally tops since the last bull market ended in 2007, as marked by the vertical red lines in the chart below.

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Fire the high-paid hedge fund managers and investment consultants and convert all state pension plans to 100 percent low-cost index funds.

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If stocks match the historical average return of about 7.5% for 1999 through 2019, the index would wind up twice as high and the 10-year total return from the 2009 low would average 18%!

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