By Gary Gordon : Investors should be capable of asking a very simple question: If the domestic economy is performing admirably, why are Americans fed up with established politicians on both sides of the aisle? The Federal Reserve may once again create circumstances where borrowing costs either rise or remain range-bound at a time when inflation-adjusted wages stagnate and home prices cease to climb. Instead, fewer Americans own homes (on a percentage basis), whether it is attributable to stagnant inflation-adjusted income or higher property prices or unfavorable debt-to-income ratios.