RE: ADS being hammered on opening13 Dec 2025 19:19
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis laid it bare, when push comes to shove, central banks go full throttle, unleashing endless QE, firing up the money printers, and flooding the system with liquidity until the panic subsides. They’ll do whatever it takes, consequences be damned in the moment.They’ve flirted with Quantitative Tightening a few times since, trying to unwind the madness and normalise... but the markets throw an absolute tantrum every time rates rise or the balance sheet shrinks even a little. Stocks plunge, credit freezes, and the cries of “too far, too fast!” echo everywhere.Result? Printers back on, rates slashed, QE reloaded. The lesson is crystal clear: central banks can talk tough about fighting inflation or normalising policy, but the second markets wobble, they fold. The path of least resistance is always more stimulus. We’re not in a new era—we’re deeper in the same one. Eventually it has to change........