"This market is based on the false premise that borrowing money from the Fed should be free!" Then the market invests or loans that free money at a fairly high interest rate and makes a large profit.
Question: "What the Hell kind of business model is that?"
That kind of business model requires no expertise, no strategy, no planning.....no nothing!
The stock market has been given a free ride for 9 years, and now when the Fed is finally trying going to NORMALIZE the Fed Lending Rate (3.0% to 3.25% by 2020), Wall Street no longer knows how to make money the old fashion way!
"Wall Street has become a welfare recipient for too long, and now they no longer want to have to actually work for a living."
Note: We don't have a bear market unless the SP500 has a monthly candle close below its
40 month moving average (2,375). This has held true since the early 1990's that I can remember.
[SP500, 4 years, monthly candles, 20ma (brown line) and 40ma (blue line)]