"Stocks are expensive by virtually any metric you want to use," says John del Vecchio, noted short seller and co-manager of the AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF (HDGE). Already, political winds seem to be shifting, with politicians harping on the fact that median American wages have barely kept up with inflation in recent decades. As Lance Gaitan, editor of Treasury Profits Accelerator, recently wrote: December home sales were expected to drop back below the 600,000 annual rate, but instead jumped to 621,000 - climbing by 3.4%.