What did you expect? A rally? Brace yourself, it's about to get real!
The fact that the banks are rigging the stock markets is not surprising. Without the Bank of Japan owning 77% of Japanese stocks, the Japanese stock market would have collapsed weeks ago. Over in Europe, with the European Central Bank (ECB) buying up the bonds, you would have seen a bond market collapse in Europe weeks ago. And of course, without the Plunge Protection Team (PPT) of the New York Fed, throwing cash into the weak US stock markets, you would have seen to US stock market crash as well. And, we haven't touched on the toxic derivatives exposure. But, have no fear, you WILL see a crash soon. Happy talk can only stretch so far. And throwing worthless cash at these markets only undermines the value of the respective currencies, hence, the global weakness in the US dollar. (This is the key reason millions of investors will flock to cryptocurrencies almost overnight.) Make no mistake, a crash is coming, and it's looking like sooner rather than later. An interesting poin...