Couldn’t agree more. Just the other day I said that the market has (unfortunately) just become a giant casino, as well as a way for TPTB to manipulate and push POTUS and others to do what they want on policies(eg: no tarrifs).
It’s sad, really. I remember the time when being “in the market” was actually INVESTING in future earnings of companies. Now? You may as well be at the tables betting on red or black on any given day.
Push Polls are real. I was once polled about Clinton’s famous mythical “budget surplus”, “should we use it to reinforce the Social Safety Net, or SQUANDER it on tax breaks for the wealthy?”
I responded, squander it.