government is expensive. return?

[fhl]

Bear mkts will come and go, but this is why the mkts are destined to go higher. Parabolicly. Money is what it takes and money is what they're going to give you.

 

[Arnie]

Venezuelan stock market. In Bolivars.

I'm sure not everyone is unhappy in Venezuela. Would you agree?
Maybe there are hundreds of thousands of people without toilet paper. But look at the chart and imagine you're a gov't business crony.

It's only different here to a degree. We have our i-bankers and hedgies who are cleaning up and the masses are falling behind in inflation adjusted wages.

The question you have to ask yourself is whether western central banks are ever going to put on the brakes again or not. I don't think the answer is as cut and dried as most people think. Either way.

Wild guess here, but that chart probably reflects inflation.
In 2013 it took 629 Bolivars to buy $20,
in 2017, it takes 195,755 Bolivars to buy $20.

 

[fhl]

Wild guess here, but that chart probably reflects inflation.
In 2013 it took 629 Bolivars to buy $20,
in 2017, it takes 195,755 Bolivars to buy $20.

Yes, correct, printing money will generally take the mkt up with it.
The other chart i posted-Dow 10,000 and 10trillion federal debt.
Dow20,000 and 20 trillion federal debt.

It doesn't matter if the official inflation rate is low. That only measures certain things in an economy. If there's money created, it's going somewhere, even if it's not going into the things they use to calculate the inflation indexes.