Consumer confidence is on the rise and the dollar is strong.
For one thing, investors are slowly returning to the US with the confidence that was lacking in the past years. The stock market has been gradually climbing back up and is beginning to be seen as a promising place for investment again. We have virtually undergone the same experience that we did in the late 1990's, reports Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan. During that time, thanks to the advent of the Internet and the many opportunities it brought with it, new businesses were formed that could never had existed without the Internet. Eventually the economic euphoria came to an end, however, and investors realized that profits were still one of the major underlying aspects of a good company.