In the video below, Motley Fool host Chris Hill interviews famed prediction-maker Nate Silver about which is a more reliable indicator of our economic recovery: GDP growth or the performance of the stock market, i.e., the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI -0.14%) and the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.49%).
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Nate Silver chimes in.
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Stocks Mentioned
Dow Jones Industrial Average
^DJI
$44,111.74
(-0.14%)
$-61.90
S&P 500 Index
^GSPC
$6,299.19
(-0.49%)
$-30.75
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