I think Big Ben is making a big mistake, and yes he is smarter than me, and no doubt you, since you are another Gov #$%$ up, the smart people you listen to will tell you he is in over his head , and printing $$$ and destroying the dollar is the wrong thing to do. Qe1 , qe2, whats the difference, the only people it has benefited is the banks. Did you know , the banks are borrowing $$$ from the fed, and as long as they keep it on their books and DON"T loan it out he pays them 3% interest. Lets see, borrow at zero percent and get 3 %. Why would they take risk and loan $$$ ? Time will tell, he will either be a hero or goat, but so far nothing has worked. Higher stock market, but it doesn't correlate with the ecomomy or the global state of affairs. And what will happen when he pulls the $$$ out of the market? The Fed has always said they do nothing to affect the markets and he comes out and says he's buying stocks with borrowed $$$ . Brilliant !!