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Anonymous wrote:The S&P 500 doesn’t care about your politics is the bottom line.

So…you don’t know the answer. Classic MAGA, this has nothing to do with politics, but you can’t have a conversation without injecting it into everything even when you know nothing about the subject.

I’m a liberal. And no I have no idea why the market always goes up over the long term. It just does and has over recorded history. I do know that it doesn’t seem to care either way about who is in office. Point is - it’s not even a question worth asking and there are clear political undertones in original post.

Anonymous wrote:The S&P 500 doesn’t care about your politics is the bottom line.

So…you don’t know the answer. Classic MAGA, this has nothing to do with politics, but you can’t have a conversation without injecting it into everything even when you know nothing about the subject.

It’s really simple. AI stocks are propping everything up.

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/05/stock-market-iran-war-bullish/687041/

Anonymous wrote:The tech sector is confident they can push the cost of fuel/electricity onto consumers and government. Oh and they have to continue going all in on AI since any hiccup will cause an entire market correction.

Because theyve learned they can and as long as the stock market is good no one cares what the boots on the ground economy is. Again, the people most pro-stock market are causing the collapse of our country. They keep thinking that they can stock market their way out of the underclass.

Sometimes stocks rise with inflation

The tech sector is confident they can push the cost of fuel/electricity onto consumers and government. Oh and they have to continue going all in on AI since any hiccup will cause an entire market correction.

Those prices are in dollars. The value of dollars is dropping.

Anonymous wrote:The S&P 500 doesn’t care about your politics is the bottom line.

True that ! The DCUM bubble will never understand this simple fact.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I'm not sure but my thoughts are...lots of corporations are still making money, lots of money. Raising prices and cutting expenses/jobs. Stock prices go up. Millions of people autoinvest into stock funds in 401(k)s, IRAs, brokerage accounts, etc. Financial planners say...don't pull out, ride it out. Think long term. So although many families are struggling, stock market is doing well. Like previous poster said, there are still wealthy people spending plenty of money as well.

The wealthy people spending is a function OF the stock market management and ALWAYS being bailed out every time there is an event that should wipe out wealth. They always survive and the MC gets f^cked because our taxes and future generation taxes fund that bailout. And then we cant actually use taxes for things that benefit the whole country. You know, what our taxes are actually supposed to be used for. Nope..business and corporations can take all the risk they want and we pay for the risk when it fails (because GOD FORBID THEY FAIL) but they get all the money - regardless of whether they fail or fly. And eventually they do fail but never using their own capital from their successes.

The past 20 years have put everything in a pretzel. When the market assumes it will be rescued- as it has SO MANY TIMES PRIOR- thats baked into what risks are taken and it doesnt accurately reflect the situation(s) that should be influencing the market. And on top of that, we have the X IPO and private credit getting loans from banks and the fed will step in with the banks but all that money travels up to the wealthiest because they are the ones who get the money. Same with X IPO.

AI spending is the biggest contributor but its also making it that no one wants to regulate AI as if its going to carry us through but no one wants data centers in their neighborhoods, its a water drain, an employment drain, etc.

So I guess that get in early get out before it fails approach will work for the individual but our country gets worse from that every single time.

Anonymous wrote:The top 10% are still spending like crazy at levels that keep the rest of the economy humming.

it's insane.

The S&P 500 doesn’t care about your politics is the bottom line.

Yeah, I'm not sure but my thoughts are...lots of corporations are still making money, lots of money. Raising prices and cutting expenses/jobs. Stock prices go up. Millions of people autoinvest into stock funds in 401(k)s, IRAs, brokerage accounts, etc. Financial planners say...don't pull out, ride it out. Think long term. So although many families are struggling, stock market is doing well. Like previous poster said, there are still wealthy people spending plenty of money as well.

The top 10% are still spending like crazy at levels that keep the rest of the economy humming.

while we have the largest energy crisis ever (bigger than the 70s) on top of a credit cycle rolling over and 30 year going above 5% while huge debt piles need to be refinanced to compete with the AI build out.

I dont understand how stocks aren't down like 30% right now.