They want poeple to feel like they have money so that they will spend and that will get the economy going again. They think that haviing a high stock market will make people feel they have money to spend so they won't let the markets tank.
Very simplistric and unconventional thinking but it lets me sleep at night.
JFF7
It's better to be out wishing you were in than in wishing you were out.
"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent". - John Maynard Keynes
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