Some mix of stocks and fixed-income securities is a typical suggestion, with a larger share in stocks than otherwise. In the past 8 months, the Fed has raised the interest rates by one percentage point and manufacturers have announced over 100,000 job reductions. With the Internet booming with mds. It is interest, which causes everything to cost more. Even so, competition is still alive and well.
All reports provide evidence of very stable market conditions.
More people are working, though at modest wages, than ever before. Companies will not expand under the threat of higher interest rates. They will not expand in a shrinking economy, either. This false sense that the present positive economy must be stopped is totally out of touch with reality. We must protest.