They are putting millions and billions in their pockets from the trade wars, non wars, wars.  We have Oligarchs dressed up.  The losers are the retired/ middle/lower income people who when asked about the performance of the stock market this year, couldn't tell you. (29%).   They are struggling mightily to just pay their minimum payments on their credit cards.  The trillions of dollars in tax relief went to the large corporations and they bought back shares with it.  They also gobbled up smaller companies that could not compete with their buying power, which in the end hurts us as competition goes away and we are forced to buy or deal with just a couple of conglomerates.  Wage growth has no where near kept up with inflation (food and healthcare).  House of cards, but we have to play the hand we have.  - two cents.