It does not really matter what keeps the market up or makes it go down. Facts I’ve realized over the years are:
1. The market will go down. There’s nothing I can do to change it. It does not pay to worry about it.
2. The market will recover. My money will also be recovered if I have invested wisely.
Because I know the markets, like the weather & climate, are cyclical, the article nor any like it is simply not worth reading.
Really, for the average investor, that’s the healthiest way to look at it. Just don’t jump in at the top and bail at the bottom.
My $.02 was just about the relationship of the markets to average Americans; the billions of people in Asia have much more impact than the few hundred million here.