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The Federal Reserve Board’s injection of trillions of dollars into the nation’s economy is key. More money circulating means more economic activity than there would be otherwise. Especially notable: For the first time ever, the Fed has been buying corporate bonds, including junk bonds, helping keep even weak companies afloat. The Fed’s low interest rates, meantime, encourage borrowing, which usually leads to economic growth. The low rates mean investors chase bigger returns, and stocks have been about only investments yielding big returns the last several years.
Bc the US treasury is dumping millions into the stock market
There's two economies: one for rich people and one for everybody else. The stock market is basically an index of rich people's feelings.
because it's just a casino for the wealthy?
Hahaha you will say literally anything to confuse people... wow. Economy is strong and getting stronger. Accept it. Tell the truth.
Corp’s can often innovate and generate profits w/o additional labor in the face of government incompetence; Govt’s, with no such profit motive, can issue crushing business regulations that remove the incentive for people-dependent industries to hire.
One word. Trump.
TheFed is infusing poof-thin-air TRILLIONS into WallStreet - PROPPING 'AVERAGE' PORTFOLIOS that only exist cuz saving pays zilch (& borrowing is cheap for SuperRich) ever since GOP43 tanked economy. Imagine DemAdmin lavishing/printing $600/week BASIC INCOME during election-year.
Corporate investors, stockbrokers speculators. How could it be that Elin Musk is 4th world richest man, when Tesla hasn't produced a real impact like Apple with mind of Steve Jobs?
Because it's retail or service jobs.
The stock market is rigged. The Fed just printed $3 trillion out of thin air to prop up the market.