I have a few theories…
1 — no one really gives a shit about Ukraine (it’s all virtue signaling anyway), and has bought the scare.
2 — the large hedge funds, banks, and the usual Pelosi-types already bought the crash after shaking out all the retail investors due to the Russia, Russia, Russia insanity in the media.
3 — covid is now the thing of the past, the Fed has been given the ‘out’ to raise interest rates, so retail are now buying back into the market
BUT … the oddity is both Gold and BTC is up by a very large amount.
Gold +1%
BTC +10%
All this in the backdrop of sanctions and the cutting off of Russia from the DS financial system.
Get out of the market while you still can. They have pumped and propped this market up for years. It is all faked with algorithms and when retail puts enough in, they rug pull after conveniently selling the week before. Pro tip: retail trading doesn’t even affect the prices at all. It’s all dark pools and after hours shenanigans.
Just zoom out and ask yourself based on our actual fucking economy should the S&P 500 have just reached an all time high? Based on what? Tech stock? The same tech companies that fuck us over, spy on us, gaslight us, and censor us?
You have been warned. Oh, and but some GME to hedge and hold it until infinity.
The S&P 500 rate of return is actually the current value of the US Dollar. It is a result of the endless 'money printing' by the Fed; which is then reflected in the S&P500 as the majority of new money is invested in the markets (ala Cantillon Effect).
~30% the value in the S&P is carried by just a handful of companies... you can look at the list.
If you have a 401K, or any retirement account, you are in the market -- unless you self-direct the account and invest in non-equities (real estate, crypto, real metals, ...)
Yes, the Fed and their plunge protection team is the one propping things up with continual money printing.
This scheme is stabilizing the market for now, but you can bet your ass all the big players are exiting positions as we speak.
Luckily, my 401k has a guaranteed interest option that isn’t tied to the market at all. If you follow the Q drops, you have to believe the Fed is going down. Biden will have to own the financial collapse. Not sure what’s on the other side, but a blockchain stock market that would prevent naked shorting would be a good start.
The Central Banks is at the epicenter of all the human suffering we see in the world, because they control money issuance... the Fed should not exist, but due to an utterly corrupt Congress they made it happen. Then Taxation happened.
The money we earn, get's taxed.
Fed prints more money, which reduces the purchasing power of our earned money,
So we must earn more, which means we get taxed more.
It's Modern day slavery.
I don't think our financial system will collapse, as that would spell utter devastation in the country... Q did say we are safe. I think there will be some form of transition to would need to happen, and that transition could be painful to many but not life-ending.
I'd love for some kind of Blockchain based stock market, but it would need to be on a neutral layer-1 Blockchain, imo Bitcoin. Everything else is centralized and easily controlled. But I doubt those in power will give their money cash cow up easily.