<<<Much of the "pressures of compliance" that are visible today have to do with what has become widely known as the "Greenspan Put."Can we deny that the Federal Reserve comprehends just how important the stock market has become? Can anyone fight against a central bank policy that is designed to promote stocks as an asset class? Of course, this is another controversial subject and none of us would like to admit that the market can be manipulated in any way, shape or form.....but it can....and it is.>>> from the link to the Alan Newman article "Metamorphosis". This supports my "conspiracy theory" that the market is propped on the basis of a matter of National Security and gives the Greenspan and fed Carte Blanche to do any thing necessary to support the market (per the Executive Order of 1987). By placing it under the category of a matter of National Security any investigations can be blocked and all hidden that can be hidden.