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by nostrademons 4291 days ago
Because there is a lot of money flowing everywhere.

Total VC investment through Q2 2014 is on the order of $22.7B [1], so if this continues, the VC industry is likely to invest about $45B through the year of 2014.

At the same time, the total market cap of the S&P 500 is $17.5 trillion [2], and it's increased by about $2T so far this year [3]. Total daily volume in the S&P 500 is $1.4B [3]; in 3 weeks, more money changes hands in the S&P 500 than it does in 2 quarters for the VC industry.

[1] http://www.nvca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl...

[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=s%26p+500+market+cap

[3] https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXSP%3A.INX&ei=2qMcVJCGG...