Wall Street drops as fears of less Fed stimulus mount

[question everything]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped 1 percent on Wednesday, extending a recent selloff, as investors grappled with concerns that the Federal Reserve may begin to scale back its bond-buying stimulus while the economy is still sluggish.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-futures-dip-worries-fed-114634366.html

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So let me see: supposedly traders and investors loath government interference in the "invisible hand of the market" yet, the fear that the government will stop interfering sends the market down?

What am I missing?

[Harmony Blue]

1. It is a ploy

they are trying to create a "crisis" so they can buy low. All indications long term show that the economy and stock market are healthy.

[elfin]

2. They have become addicted to "free" money

Snarfing it up without lending it out.

Will punish all those the market, whether stocks or bonds in their snit.

Meanwhile barely solvent geezers who look to "safe" stashes of $ with some return without risk see a glimmer of hope with possible CD returns hitting at least 1%.

[inchhigh]

3. Yes. You're missing something

The Federal Reserve is not a part of the government. It is privately owned by a consortium of banks.