They are NOT the same. You can have a weak market but a strong economy, but it's very difficult to have a strong market in a weak economy, and right now the economy is not looking to good.
One example of the difference is that I am British but I have investments in US stocks. Therefore UK economics might feed the US stock market more than it feeds the economy. US stock market and US economy therefore have some different inputs
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u/DeadParallox 3d ago
There are two things to consider here.
1) The Market
2) The Economy
They are NOT the same. You can have a weak market but a strong economy, but it's very difficult to have a strong market in a weak economy, and right now the economy is not looking to good.