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by JKCalhoun 848 days ago
Wouldn't printing money have an inverse effect on the stock market?
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If you devalue a currency by 1/10 and everything else is equal, then everything will cost 10/9 more measured in that currency.
To a point. Who wants to own stocks in a country with hyperinflation. Of course this is a nitpick because it is unlikely to happen to the US anytime soon.
No, stimulus affects the market positively. It was a K-type recovery, the market went up and the real economy didn't. The market dislocated in the 80's and every decade or so we have a crash that makes the rich richer. Whatever comes along, they weasel more money from us and the government.