Heheh- Remember those bogus lists of how many shares everyone had? LOLOL! I believe the US stock market is going to be even more volatile in the future. More cherry picking, more scams, a bit more of everything now only harder to make money.
Do you play the DAX? Between the US and German market, I bet the US one is more of a carnaval side show, trying to guess in which cup the pea is. :)