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Breaking down the economic forces behind Alan Greenspan's warning investors "run for cover"

Alan Greenspan, former Chair of the Federal Reserve
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In a recent interview the In an interview the former Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan said that the stock market could still go higher but warns the bull market may be coming to an end and when it does advises investors to "run for cover."

So, what are the factors Greenspan is taking into account and is the U.S. economy at risk? WGVU asks Paul Isely, Associate Dean in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University what Greenspan is trying to tell us?

Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.