Why Markets Have been Going Up

Contrary to what the media has been saying about the markets and how they are recovering based on strong fundamentals of the U.S. economy. If you take a look at this chart, this shows the monetary base which is the amount of currency circulating in the economy.

Pretty simple, with more money or currency floating around the world, naturally, prices will be going up. The extra money happens to be going into the stock market and even housing prices in the U.S.