Looking back now I think the key factor signalling a strong rally was the sharp narrowing in corporate credit spreads and the resultant surge in junk bonds. Having profited greatly in junk bonds this year, I was too slow in realizing the full significance of that rally for the stock market.
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi