finally just a few months ago tavenner said of the website that we should expect visible improvement but not perfection that is the sort of humility we should have been hearing all along have a bite of humble pie before heading to the office the year 2015 may yet produce solid returns for investors in us stocks however its looking more and more likely that tina there is no alternative more than any other factor will be responsible rather than strong earnings growth a race against time heres more evidence that the economic recovery isnt benefitting the people who need it most one in 5 american kids got food stamps in 2014 up from 1 in 8 before the recession one in 5 american kids are on food stamps