for months at a time and there is no set timetable for them to return to normal and that normal may be years out. So having the stock market or GDP grow due in large part to government bailouts is masking the real damage to our economy and we are just propping it up until we can't anymore.

My prediction is the market will grow in Q4, another bailout will pass, and early next year we will then see a drop.

Just think of all the industries around the globe that have been decimated and are not close to recovery: food and beverage, travel, entertainment,