My sincere gratitude goes to Tylonn J. Sawyer for allowing use of this gorgeous, evocative artwork!

"Let's drive everyone to the point of starvation, buy up everything, then rent it out at astronomical prices. Profit. Profit. Profit."

On a rocket made of tomato soup cans.

I suspect it's exactly what's happening. The volatility is opportune for a trader who knows what is coming and when. Meanwhile, individual retirement accounts and other retirement funds invested on the market will keep getting hammered as threats against Social Security loom. Fun times.

That headline is doing nasty work. Yeesh.