[NautiNurse]

Buy high! Sell low.

[sefarkas]

“Today Smithers argues that stock prices are first likely to go even higher, because they are being driven upwards by two forces. The first is the Federal Reserve’s ‘quantitative easing’ program - the policy of flinging money at the banks in the hope some of it doesn’t stick, but finds its way into the wider economy. The second is corporate buying. Under-appreciated at the moment is that the top buyers of U.S. stocks these days are the companies themselves. U.S. companies have been borrowing aggressively and using the money to buy their own stock.”

[sefarkas]

“As research by Smithers and others show, the stock market boom since 2009 has almost exactly tracked the rapid increase in the money supply.”

[Bogey78O]

The biggest thing the ma let has going for it is the players know even a hint of reality will lead to a severe global depression. So playing pretend is the best course of action.

[montag813]

It has a lot higher to go yet. I hope some of you bought my picks in February ‘09 and December ‘13.

[boycott]

The Federal Reserve's position:

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I’m in, and thus vulnerable, but what are the options? Cash is 100$ susceptible to inflationary devaluation or a collapse of the dollar. Banks are talking about charging people for depositing their money - instead of paying interest. Precious metals are all over the map, and real estate is also a risky investment.

Having said that, the market doesn’t seem to have much to do with reality.

[OrangeHoof]

It’s not going to crash until Obastard is out of office and some GOP-e schmuck is in that will get the full media blame for the crash.