The US economy looks a lot like the period before the tech bubble

Tom Szczerbowski/Getty The stars are aligning forthe stock market, but not in the way bulls might like. There are four economic indicators that show remarkable similarities to 1999, the year before the dot-com bubble burst and stocks were plunged into a bear market, saysBrad McMillan, the chief investment officer of Commonwealth Financial Networkin Waltham, Massachusetts, which oversees $114 billion. While McMillan isn't making an exact prediction for the top of the stock market, he thinks inves...