Were you paying attention at all when the markets smashed through the record highs day after day in the wake of a huge shock to the economic system? Did you really think that was because the economy was that fucking strong under Trump and Biden? Fuck no, man - that was all because the Fed was spiking the punch bowl, and then doubling and tripling down on that shit. Ya know, the same shit that is largely responsible for the out-of-control inflation. And now the Fed is finally threatening to take away the punch bowl, and we're supposed to feel sorry for everyone who based their investment decisions on the assumption that "Money printer go BRRRR forever"? Fuck off with that. It's a reckoning, and a necessary one at that. Let's look back at where the markets were before the Fed backed off on QT in 2019, and realize that, in spite of it all, people have still managed to make money.