Hawkcreek wrote:pstarr wrote:onlooker, I see this either of two ways: the investor really believes the artificial intelligence/robotic/tesla hype and believes in the Singularity; or they are feeling particularly apocalyptic and are just cruising to their doom with a big old 'f#ck-all' attitude.
Since central banks own 50% of all global equities, there may not be a slowdown any time soon. They may just keep throwing debt created money at the market to keep it going up, and the end result will play out as massive inflation, to be paid for by the peons.
http://secretsofthefed.com/is-the-fed-using-a-loophole-to-prop-up-the-stock-markets-through-the-swiss-central-bank/
Or they may manipulate the System into collapse and repossess and foreclose landed and other properties that were exposed in health, retirement, real estate, and life insurance equities. When price disclosure gets going after a crash, most will find themselves in the poor house as massive unemployment will ensue. The Banks will swoop in like vultures to take control of properties and assets