Originally Posted by TheDoc

Oh sure... Housing was in an extreme drop but isn't now, some markets have actually improved. Jobs were dropping faster and leveled off. The dollar was tanking and isn't now. The stock market had crashed and now has stabilized. Entire industries going under has stopped, the amount of banks going under has greatly slowed, the auto industry/banks didn't fail, consumer spending has went up, the gdp has went up... that's just a tiny fraction of things.