the stock market<\/a> soar one week, and plummet another, with no apparent rhyme or reason, I\u2019ve concluded that the stock market is irrelevant to the well being of the average person.\u00a0 Especially with our increasingly globalized economy, I have the sneaking suspicion that the Market doesn\u2019t need all Americans to be on their feet any more.\u00a0 So whether it is soaring or tanking, I\u2019ll bet it does little to translate into how the average Joe or Jane on the street is doing.\u00a0 I occasionally get a gut feeling that sometimes it is actually better for Wall Street when Joe or Jane American is struggling the most.\u00a0 Though I could be wrong.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But as I\u2019ve watched the stock market soar one week, and plummet another, with no apparent rhyme or reason, I\u2019ve concluded that the stock market is irrelevant to the well being of the average person.\u00a0 Especially with our increasingly globalized economy, I have the sneaking suspicion that the Market doesn\u2019t need all Americans to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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