I agree with Brutus.

Stocks are rising because Big Wealth got caught unprepared for Italian election results yesterday. As for today's smoke: Housing prices rise. Not.

WHO validates the data? When homes sell and titles transfer, is there an interim Quit Claim Deed from the Realtor? When you call on homes, you are told: an offer is pending. It's generally the Realtor. The home is quickly painted and lipstick goes on the pig. It sells selectively to a younger buyer who wouldn't know a rigged component if he or her were staring at it. things return to broken status in 6-8 months and the home goes into default, then foreclosure and redemption. Meanwhile, Bernanke buys back the worthless Mortgage and gives his member bank more credit to dole out the same way. He's speaking to Congressional Committees this week. Hopefully, Elizabeth Warren will answer his statement about his buy-backs actually helping by saying: PROVE IT. Allow a third-party to do that proving Ben, and be sure to buy a hand basket. You'll need it where you are going.

Don`t get negitive Jim, like those negitive hatefull Republicans.We`ve made a lot of money

by listening to your show.

I'm sure several books have been written on "herd management" by Agriculture Types, getting input from Farmers and Ranchers....All attempting experimenting along those lines..?

Come feeding time or even milking time...Animals have an instinct for knowing when it happens or is suppose to happen...It's a little un-canny, because they don't carry watches or smart phones.

Pretty much all done by Sun watching, even on a cloudy day.

Cows come back to the barn from the pastures, same with horses, unless they have found some sweet grass, they have a tendancy to herd up, to eat...And they know where the feed is kept along with who is the feed person...Don't get trampled in the gathering....Hogs are a little different, they get restless and do more squealing then usual...Even fish ponds turn into froth, if someone turns up carrying a bucket in the late afternoon...All of the above position themselves at the troughs, feed bins ,etc,etc..; With the Alpha Gender getting the most space and top spot, which is usually first to eat....Same thing happens with Wild birds...When I go out to feed them, or refill their feeders they get antsy, but come in close within inches and occassionly land on my shoulders or head.

Our cats all gather on our back deck/porch around 3-4pm everyday and then are actually "herded" back to the Cathouse/shed...It's​ funny to watch,how they react... Our dogs pace back and forth about the same time each day also, sometimes start nudging,whinning or a little bark.

Now that I have described what animals do;..... Next comment on humans.

Talking heads aside, I'm getting mixed messages from real estate pros from various parts of the country.  Rental properties seem rather hot in the midwest.  Condos are doing awful in Fla.

Nationwide, there still seems to be a substantial inventory of residential property hanging over the market

The job market remain in the dumper. 

I'm really not a gloom merchant, these remain the facts.

Oh yeh, and then there's a whole bag of problems in Europe.

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The stock market tanked Monday because China announced the nail in the US economy.

They are selling Renminbi contracts in Hong Kong now and allowing Sinapore (the third largest money clearing house outside Great Britain and the US) to sell the contracts also.

Also they and Great Britain are allowing banks in London to deposit and square up accounts in Renminbi.

With Bernanke printing money officially at a $85 billion a month rate and letting banks borrow another $125 billion a month at zero percent interest so they can buy worthless US T-bills this means the end of the US economy perhaps in a year or at most 2 years.

Expect a total collapse of the US economy by the end of 2015.