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Message:: [QUOTE="moneycostingmemoney, post: 2805749, member: 86367"]The only thing I can agree with is your last statement. That's generally what happens, but sometimes someone came in much lower than your entry point and is selling as you're buying so, in that case, it's a win win. To think of what you "could have made" is a waste of energy and being ungrateful. You didn't make it, but you still made it out and made out. As for people, yes, the big boys are still people, they do have influence on some of the flow, but how do you think they are doing it? Do you think they have a NYSE console on their mahogany desk and hit a key that drops or raises everything just before open, or in the middle of the day, or just before close? No, I don't think they do either. It's most likely sentiment that is broadcast and gobbled up, by people, that sell or buy on command when the big boys buy or sell huge quantities. It leads to the charters, which leads to more people following suit, creating a domino effect. But that's not the whole picture. Anticipation of scheduled events can sway the valuation as well. Political regime changes, talk of recession, bailouts, FDA clinical trial stage approvals...such a broad statement as "the big boys control it all" doesn't blanket the entire economy that well. It's just too much to cover. But back to my original opener, do you argue that PMs and Stocks don't work inversely?[/QUOTE]