Ever since the Federal Reserve first got into the business of blowing massive equity bubbles back in the 1980’s, Americans have shown a willingness to happily, if ignorantly, embrace each successive iteration to the rigged market. Of course, as E-Trade recently confirmed via the following ad, making money in equities is a very simple two-step process: (1) get invested, (2) buy a yacht made of Cuban mahogany and party with models…why would anyone in their right mind pass that up?
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Unfortunately, at least for the central planners at the Bank of Japan who would love to be as efficient at creating asset bubbles as their U. S. counterparts, Japanese investors have a slightly longer memory than U. S. investors and have shunned stocks ever since an entire generation of wealth was wiped out in the 90’s. After 20 years of stocks pretty much only trading in one direction, one can understand their concern.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 14, 2017.
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