Stock Futures Fall on Weak Global Data

The Street ^ | April 23, 2012 | Andrea Tse

[John W]

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stock futures were pointing at a lower open Monday and commodities were dipping following weak Chinese and eurozone economic data and as French President Nicolas Sarkozy fell behind in the French presidential elections, casting further uncertainty on the European debt crisis.

[scooby321]

Two reasons why markets have been up the last few years:

Corporations unlike Governments are able to cut expenses and make a profit.

Bonds are so low that if one buys them not only little to no income and when rates will go up and bondholders will lose a lot of money.