“My point is that manipulating markets strips markets of price discovery of assets and risk and the feedback that enables markets to recover equilibrium; decisions made when risk and price have both been suppressed or hidden by manipulation are necessarily catastrophically mis-informed.” – Charles Hugh Smith
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Dollars Distort Our Understanding of Wealth
Most investors measure wealth in dollars — but what if the ruler itself is shrinking? Since 2000, the S&P 500 is up nearly 5x in dollar terms, yet priced in
