Matt Blackman

Decoupling: The Theory That Won't Die

Interesting isn't it how when times are good, that the majority of pundits would have us believe that they will continue and we won't get similar slowdowns that occurred in the past. They said it about the housing market and even the rating agencies and banks bought it. They did the same thing in promoting the decoupling myth that said that a US slowdown would not impact global markets.

Now they would have us believe that stocks are a a significant bottom and they now "represent a once in a generation buying opportunity,' according to Dick Bove. And Greenspan is now trying to tell us that the housing market will bottom this year? I'd love to know what data he is basing this assumption on because every indicator I am following continues to fall...

I conducted some research two months ago to see how global indexes were linked with those in the US, and here is what I found
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