[TwelveOfTwenty]

Gas prices up. Unemployment at 8.1%, and over 11% if the participation rate was the same as it was in 2007. Country in debt for trillions with unsustainable entitlements. And, after spending trillions to fix the economy, the Fed just acknowledged it failed by passing QE3 to provide more stimulus.

And the stock market has skyrocketed through all of this. I don't get this at all.

[LostInBayport]

And the stock market has skyrocketed through all of this. I don't get this at all.

My understanding (and if I am wrong, I am sure I will be corrected here by my FRiends -- hopefully in a kind way) is that the stock market is soaring not because the stocks are worth more but because it costs more of our overprinted, devalued dollars to buy them.