[cosmojg]

> They bought actual stocks during the Pandemic-a sure high point of departure from the past.

Is this true? I'm pretty sure the wildest thing they did was purchase corporate bonds via ETFs.

[ianai]

Buybacks were rampant through this era.

Difference without a distinction.

[gruez]

>Difference without a distinction.

No, you're just playing fast and loose with facts. The fed also financed the federal government through treasury purchases, and the federal government sent out stimulus checks to americans, some of which bought crypto/meme stocks, but it would be disingenuous to write a screed about how bad the fed is because they bought "crypto/meme stocks" using the aforementioned reasoning.

[ianai]

You got personal there.