Owning Stocks Is Misunderstood

Here’s what is missed about stocks:

• Bubbles — Stock market bubbles can be seen everywhere throughout history. 
• Stock printing — Many tech stocks can be created out of thin air and they don’t pay dividends. 
• Money printing — The US is printing trillions of dollars out of thin air. This creates inequality — the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 
• Economic fundamentals — Record unemployment and the GDP of a country eventually catch up and affect stock prices. 
• Markets are driven by psychology — If the collective optimism of a nation like the US changes, then so do the stock prices.