Quote from spades434:
Its a combination of 2 factors really. One is the dollar. To say that european money is 50% times more valuable than ours is ridiculous...but the forex mkts say its true. So the ES rises. But I thinks it's also the govt taking advantage of the situation. The govt absolutely CAN NOT control the economy. They can't make companies hire folks. And they can't keep a company from laying off, and JOBS is what its all about. But the one thing the govt can do is..bada bing....jam the stock mkt higher. Everynight on the 6:30 news..or whatever time in your zone...it's reported that Wall St enterprets latest data as a postive and stocks rise. So when "joe public" see the news, (unless he watches Fox or surfs the web)....he sees stock market going higher and thinks its all ok. When his day of reckoning finally comes, nobody knows. But until then, party on!!!