Why The Fed Can't, And Won't, Let The Stock Market Crash

``... while the 1%'s paper fungible, market-driven wealth has been long converted into other hard asset formats, it is the paper gains for the future retirees that are on the chopping block should the S&P 500 "get it." As such, it is the fate of future retirement funds, and in fact, the very core of the US welfare state that is at stake should there be a massive market crash.... None of which touches on the most important question: will the Fed be able to avoid a market crash? The answer of course is no. ''