Warning: Mergers And Acquisitions Can Vaporize The Stock Market

Historically we’ve seen that when market participants become overly optimistic the market has nowhere to go except down. This is logical because at optimism peaks everyone who has any money to invest, has already invested it, so there is no one left to buy. Conversely, when pessimism reaches extremes, no one is left to sell and so the market has to go up, as brave bargain-hunters re-enter the market.