How Much Money Did the Fed Dump into the Stock Market?By Joshua Krause Thats because the stock market has little effect on the real economy. In fact, its more of an indicator for the strength of the economy, rather than the cause of that strength, and that fact only counts if it hasnt been tampered with. The market capitalization of a company is merely the valuation of that companys ownership, and nothing more. It should (theoretically) go up if that company is profitable, and go down if they are in the red. So if the economy is in the toilet, the value of these companies should go down. Right? I know it sounds like Im explaining this to a kindergartener, but it has to be done. The central planners have convinced so many Americans that if they increase the value of the stock market, the economy will improve, when obviously its the other way around. By pumping up the stock market with funny money, they essentially built a Potemkin village on a grand scale. By reducing interest rates to near zero, and reducing the value of our money through inflation, they tried to force our dollars out of our savings accounts and into investments, even though it was spending money we didnt have and taking insurmountable loans that ultimately ruined our economy. At a time when Americans should have been saving, they were stealing the money right out of our pockets by printing money, and they dumped it into a floundering stock exchange. But now that quantitative easing is over, its time to ask a very important question. Exactly how much of our money was wasted on the stock market? How many dollars went into the pockets of CEOs instead of the pockets of workers and entrepreneurs? Byron Wien recently answered that question, at least to the best of his ability, since nobody really knows the true number. Hes an investor and member of the Blackstone Group (who are no saints by the way), and he thinks he knows exactly how inflated our stock market is. There are two kinds of people who own stocks. Those who are rich, and those who want to be rich. The Fed essentially pushed $3 trillion into the pockets of people who already have more money than god, and a bunch of wannabe Warren Buffetts. Since that money was the product of inflationary practices, it used to be yours. It came out of your bank account and your wallet, and youre never getting it back. If you ever wondered why wealth inequality is so off the charts in America, now you know one of the reasons. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple, where this article first appeared. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. Wait until they stuff your letter box full of IOUs then you know things are bad. A hundred years of pump and dump every 7 years must be time to dumpwhat say Yellen the hcic of the NWO bankster fraud known as the federal reserve. 