Are we there yet?

While I don't mean to discourage those hopeless optimists out there, it is important to look at where we are and where we're headed in the "bigger picture." We don't want to get swung around in circles by the latest Cramer rant or by the hopelessly clueless Ben Stein.Long-term cycles do exist and the reason they continue to exist is because people haven't changed all that much when it comes to