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To: Gritty

I am not a financial genius by any stretch of the imagination, but it does not take a genius to realize that the stock market right now is a fools paradise.

- We all know that investors put their money in the market because they see no where else to go, and the money itself is not real, it is manipulated by the Fed moving decimal places on computer screens

- The Fed has even admitted that the stock market gains are now directly tied to Central Bank manipulation

- The Fed, financial planners, and investors have given the American people enough rope to hang themselves; there will be real panic when the market starts to explode, and combined with the bond market and dollar bubble we have it is a recipe for economic chaos

- We now have 10,000 Americans retiring per day! Many of them are heavily invested in stocks via their IRAs, 401Ks, and other holdings; the market is supply and demand, i.e. when there is lots of money in the market, it goes up. The combination of phony Fed "money" and people needing to pull out money to fund their retirements is going to throw gasoline on the fire

- Stocks have roared to these incredible highs, but these have FAR outpaced real and expected earnings (in short, they based on a Big Lie)

- The market is also based on the twin lies coming from the Federal government concerning inflation and unemployment: both of which are much, much worse than what BLS says they are

- If interest rates were to rise, the Federal government could not make its payments on the debt without serious problems: it would either have to raise taxes or decrease entitlements

I think that if things go south and get bad enough, you will see a global effort to step in and stop the bleeding in a way we never dreamed possible

78 posted on 01/25/2014 1:29:42 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
To me its econ 101 why the stock market has soared until recently.

Banks pay no interest, Bonds are not much better and sitting on dollars while the FED prints at least 80 billion new ones each month is watching your cash get worthless by the minute.

The only viable alternative it would seem is stocks until people realize the rally is based on stocks being the better choice of shitty situation. (Much like its better to get shot in the stomach rather than in the head.)

Investing in stocks for the most part right now is not based on good business principles. And that means the rally is mostly fake...

I think the shorts are salivating at the prospect!

79 posted on 01/25/2014 1:39:06 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: SkyPilot
That is one scary looking graph.

I suspect this week we will see an even bigger drop in the markets and then real fear will take hold.

A bubble is a bubble is a bubble. This is a bubble.

80 posted on 01/25/2014 3:05:13 PM PST by Gritty (Nobody wants to hear about American exceptionalism when the issue is American ineffectualism-MSteyn)
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