Call me crazy for thinking that there may be something that IS being done that could have a positive impact on the markets and even the economy, but: Last year the Dodd-Frank Act, otherwise known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, was passed and is currently being enacted through regulations that ar...more

Just waiting for the economy/market  to improve is hardly a method to beat Wall Street bubbles.  The economy won't improve until oil and other commodity prices come down.  That won't happen until the Fed reinstates the position limits enacted back in the thirties under the Commodities Exchange Act.  Greenspan gave anyo...more

Virtually every financial mechanism used in 2008 to take down the market (us) still exists.  Until derivatives are reigned in and regulated by the SEC; until commodity position limits are enforced again; and until mortgage securitization is regulated or outlawed, nothing has changed and the mega-investment houses/bank ...more