It's the folks that needed to cash in during these past few years that lost. The folks that cashed in on fear,well that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Broad index funds bought in at those all-time lows. I pulled back during the worst of it and eased back in as things stopped sinking. My portfolio is at an all-time high. Cashing in, although I understand many were forced to in order to stay afloat, was a big mistake.

Those that bailed because of fear made a mistake. Those that needed the cash,well that what are you going to do?

We'll see.

If there is no meltdown in Europe, if there is no Israeli strike on Iran and if the economy continues to produce 200-250K jobs a month, then yes I could see it happening.

if you look at the historical graph of all of the indexes,the slopes of all of them are positive over the entire span....pretty interesting to do that, actually.

I've got a fairly good memory for these things and I seem to remember between January and May 2009 as the markets continued to slide people on the right referred to the "Obama market" and "Obama depression".

I personally believe the rise is due mostly to fed pumping but where are these hypocrites now? If they think presidential policies control stock prices why aren't they cheering the fact equities have doubled in just three short years?

Obama spoke.

How much money is leaving Tokyo and coming to NY?

The market is based upon how much money flows in and how long the big players wait to take their profits.

And the insiders will make billions while the suckers get taken once again.

Wall Street is no friend of Pres Obama. It wouldnt surprise me if the bubble bursts around October.

story because the GOP doesn't want Obama to look good, not even for a minute.
They own 90% of the news media, and they can choose whether or not to keep
the masses informed.

The market could be 15000, but if I'm paying around 5 bucks a gallon at the pump, then it's all a wash.

His great plan is kicking in three years into the Obama presidency.

Will it make it to the top before taking the next plunge, or fall just short before the next death-defying plummet to the bottom? Only time will tell. But one thing is for certain, contrary to Wall Street hype, "up" is not the only direction that markets move.

We can only hope he keeps hating on it another 4+ years.