Housing market tanking? Simple...remove your money & invest in stocks. Your bonds underperforming? Simple...remove your money & invest in stocks. Currencies going against you? Simple...remove your money & invest in stocks. Stuck in a war in a foreign land? No probs...buy stocks, that'll sort you. Oil going up? invest in stocks. Oil going down? invest in stocks... Consumer sentiment up? (because of equities going up)....buy those stocks.