Five years ago this month, Michael Batnick director of Research at Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. and host of the Irrelevant Investor site, wrote about

IN RECESSIONS, HOUSING STARTS AND HOME SALES, IMPORTANT DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, DECLINE SUBSTANTIALLY: Source: JCHS

Housing starts in February 2009, we’ll be hesitant to recall, bottomed at 466,000.

So, it may be time now to ask yourself a question. “Do I feel lucky?”

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