The US Stock Market in a Nutshell...

This is the Stock Market:

1st - Someone sets the pace, and that pace will be conservative. Let's call it one second (saying "Mis-sis-sip-pi ONE") very slowly. That is the equivalent a heartbeat on Wall Street. Now, when it beats like that, everyone who wants to play can get in sync with it and make money. How do you make extra money? Figure out how to be ahead of sync by 1/1000 of a second faster. Why? If you know things faster than the rest of the competition (insider info), you profit.

2nd - So now the pace quickens: (saying "Mis-sis-sip-pi TWO" but not so slowly). Then, just when everyone's getting accustomed to this newer upbeat rhythm, you take it up another notch: 1/100 of a second, and as long as you are 'in the know,' your business benefits with advance information.

3rd - NOW. The pace is speeding up: it's "Mis-sis-sip-pi THREE," but at a brisk pace, and everyone's excited because money is being made more quickly. THEN, you make the party more exciting, and you go all-in again: you stay ahead of sync by 1/10th a second: BOOM! You profit again, before anyone else (except your close buddies) can get in on it.

4th - WHOA. The market is humming. Money is flying back and forth, forth and back almost hypnotic-like...then, you go for broke, and change the rhythm again. Then "Mis-sis-sip-pi FOUR," is really a second behind your actual time: zero seconds.

5th - Uh-Oh...the whole world is reeling. Money is circulating so fast, no one can measure it in real time. People are becoming billionaires and then losing it all in a heartbeat when: YOU AND YOUR ASSOCIATES DECIDE TO PULL ALL YOUR MONEY OUT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY IS GOING TOO FAST, AND IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE...(coordinated so you make out without a loss, because you are 'in the know') so GUESS WHAT? It's time to reset:

Re-invest and repeat 1st step.

If you want proof, examine the Stock Market crashes from 1800s thru today. Notice the lack of crashes during Glass-Steagall, and notice the resuming of crashes after Reagan's deregulation. If they can be a beat ahead of everyone, they can capitalize before anyone else...but real time is still real time. They can't fake it for long, and once it's pushed too far, they have to reset. If you're not 'in the know,' it's best not to play.