Why it could take years to recover

This article from the Motley Fool does a great job of explaining why we're not out of the woods yet on this economy.  The recent stock market rally has small investors thinking the water is is just fine, but there are sharks circling out there.  Don't stop investing, but put your money in a little at a time, because even though the market has gotten ahead of itself, we're still well below the peak we reached and we will eventually see a true economic turn-around.  As I've mentioned before, you won't be able to call a bottom or a top - even the pros can't - so slow and steady investing wins the race.