> current trend of artificially propping up the stock market I've been hearing that forever. Yet still the market goes up an average of 7% per year after infla

> current trend of artificially propping up the stock market I've been hearing that forever. Yet still the market goes up an average of 7% per year after inflation. > Any failure in your investment strategy You'd still be doing well with a diversified portfolio even living through the 2000 and 2008 crashes. The 100% guarantee of failure is to do nothing.