We have been in a pandemic for years. People lost their jobs, and their savings. And the stock market hit an all time high. What average people experience has nothing to do with the stock market. Its all rich white guys in suits and they have been doing great bleeding us dry. Sure we are feeling it, but they really are not. The market will not move based on how we are doing GDP is up more than predicted and inflation is decreasing. Companies have made bank price gouging while claiming inflation. Markets will go up while we drown just as they have been .