[CrappieLuck]

Yes, never mind which company is leading the world in innovation, technology or just a dern good idea.

The key to investing now is to find the companies’ stock that would bruise a politician’s ego should it not succeed.

[April Lexington]

In its simplest iteration, a market is buyers selling at what they think is a good price and sellers buying at what they think is a good price. Its a meeting of the minds. Adam Smith's win-win where both are better off for having done the transaction. Here, if the prices through demand inflation are manipulated to the high side, the buyer is paying more than he/she should for the stock. But for the manipulation by our government, the buy price and the sell price would have been lower. The loser: Buyer. The winner: seller. Guess who's who...

[Mr. Jeeves]

The key to investing now is to find the companies’ stock that would bruise a politician’s ego should it not succeed.

Exactly - it's Ayn Rand's "aristocracy of pull" come to life. We've descended back into tribalism - get on the chief's good side and maybe he'll do you a favor.