The continued high unemployment rate, the weakness in manufacturing, and the tightening-up of Chinese monetary policy have all contributed to a feeling among investors that stock values may be too high.

most economists admit that 2010 will most likely be a year of slow economic recovery in the United States. During this year, the country will begin to digest the ramifications of the health care reform package, and many employers will position themselves to take advantage of the newly defined “health care landscape”.

Hold on to your hats, America, the recession’s not over yet.  Although the economy grew at a healthy rate during the July to September time frame, causing many economists to announce the end of the recession, it seems that the “recovery party” is over; at least for the time being.  The Labor Department said on Friday that the American economy lost about 263,000 additional jobs in September, which was worse than the 201,000 lost in August, and way above Wall Street’s expectations of losses amounting to 180,000.   With the …