Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) – Investors: Who Do You Believe?

Then you have the massive U.S. national debt as well as household debt. You have a lumber, forest products, paper and paper products industry dependent on a U.S. populace that’s financially stable, with employment on a strong, sustained upward trajectory. There are indications of some headway in housing and employment, but this all could crash and burn like dried tinder very fast.

As a March 21, 2013, NPR article indicated, pessimists note that, “Loans may be cheap, but only for people with sterling credit scores. With unemployment still so high at 7.7 percent and wages scarcely growing, millions of Americans can’t qualify for home loans.” (www.npr.org, You Be The Judge: Is The Housing Market Really Improving?, Marilyn Geewax)

Am I convinced?

So, should I invest in any of the above companies? I’m not so sure. I don’t think sustained growth is a guarantee. You have those touting the new found health of the U.S. economy; you have the contrarians naysaying those outlooks. News reports abound that everything’s coming up roses this past spring and now summer, while others are pointing at the dried-out roots of a still very unhealthy economy.