It's like measuring the health of a neighborhood by looking at how expensive the mansions are getting while ignoring that everyone else is getting evicted.

Wall Street can be partying while Main Street is struggling to pay rent. Stock prices go up when companies find new ways to cut costs - which usually means firing people or squeezing workers harder. Great for shareholders, terrible for the workers getting squeezed.

The stock market doin real darn well now but stock market not a fair economic indicator Because the stock market reflects investor confidence and corporate profits, not the real-life wages, jobs, and costs that define the broader economy.