The relationship between initial jobless claims and the S&P 500 is critical. Here is what it's saying about the markets, the economy, and possibly QE3:
U.S. stocks stack up well vs. the rest of the world based on valuation, even as the price charts hint at the possibility of coming U.S. outperformance.
Did you know that the S&P 500 is up 16% so far this year and has more than doubled off the 2009 lows? Investors in a recent poll thought stocks were still down.