We're still in a profits recession.

We're long on autos, short on oil stocks.

I'd give Michigan stocks a C-. U.S. stocks didn't do much better.

The end result is a ho-hum year for the market.

This year's intense competition in the auto industry has also inspired new display designs for 60 percent of the exhibits this year.

Tech stocks are on the sale rack. Unequivocally, investors are bargain-hunting.