you are looking forward to it.

but I am beginning to wonder what the severe run up is all about and what it's based on.

Could you help me out? Seriously.

Step by Step:

1. Repugs pass Tax Scam to payback their donors for their support in 2016 - (remember didn't the donors slap an ultimatum on the Repugs)
2. The stock market fires up through Trump's first year in office and really takes off on the passing of the Tax Scam
3. The Corps and the Wealthy (Donors) make money hand over fist in this 'on fire' market.
4. They recoup all they spent to get the Repugs in power and refill their coffers even more for the run up to the next election 2018
5. Trump blows up deal with the Dems on DACA expecting the Dems not to support the CR
6. The government shuts down - the market tanks - but this is after the Corps and the Wealthy donors score big wins.
7. The Repugs and Trump blame the Dems for a government shut-down and a declining market - hoping to slow or stop the 'blue wave of 2018' and turn the public sentiment against the Dems
8. Money comes flowing in again from the wealthy donors & corps to support the Repugs in the Midterms; money is tight for the Dems and they will be greatly outspent
9. Along with voter suppression; gerrymandering and out and out cheating - the Repugs maintain their hold on both the House and the Senate
10. Cycle starts over again because as the market recovers after the election Trump and the Repugs will take credit
11. Similar strategy is employed by the Repugs for the 2020 election.

Am I on to something here?

In the next two to three years. Some areas will be a bit immune, it’s not going to be as bad as ‘07, but the investor class is going to throw a fit. It’s going to be an average of a ten percent decline in sale prices over a couple of months. Pretty big deal.

I have some money in there!

the last 2 years. So the overall market could drop by a third and that would just put us back to early 2016 valuations. Anyone who's been broadly invested for 5 years has seen a 90% gain, so a 33% correction in 2018 would still make the US stock market a great investment.

However, if you first invested in 2017, then you could be in for a shock.

profitability of the businesses? New products through research and development? Miracles?

The numbers look great, but what is the foundation and I ask that as a carpenter, not a investor.

Trump!