You are exactly right Rookie. There is so much fraud in these rigged markets, one needs to give their heads a shake to stay invested in it. The zero interest rate policy has totally distorted the yield curve and allowed the banks to rack up huge profits with zero risk.

There are four times as many bulls as bears right now given that the big money players know the FED can't take their foot off the heroin pedal or their party crashes. QE to infinity.

The latest budget deal was a total capitulation and proved that there is zero real difference between the two parties. Who knew? David Stockman sums it up perfectly.

http://www.theburningplatform.com/2013/12/11/festering-fiscal-budget-deal/