This post is a continuation from last week’s discussion where I exposed an abundance of scientific evidence suggesting the stock market is a living, energy-consuming entity created by God.

What fuels the stock market?

In creating the complex entity we call the stock market, God impregnated a superior intellectual capacity within its core, beyond that of anything on the human level. In fact, many new theories¹ suggest the stock market resides much closer to “demigod” status on the Divinity-Mortality continuum than previously thought.

Unlike the real God, however, the stock market does not possess the ability to unleash natural disasters and plagues on an unsuspecting populace of pathetic homo-sapiens. Instead, it was given a more important task — dominance over human emotion. Without parallel, the stock market can efficiently inflict a whole host of emotions on the human psyche ranging from hope, frustration, unbridled joy, angst, euphoria, desperation, ecstasy, trepidation, and, remorse — all within a single day. It can bring you so much joy, that tears begin to fall as you realize the beauty of creation. Or, it can just make you want to blow your brains out.

The Great Misunderstanding

Many people view the stock market as a mechanism for redistributing wealth from dumb people to smart people. I would like to dispel that notion once and for all. My research has shown conclusively that dumb people are actually one of the largest beneficiaries of the market’s goodwill. There is, however, one caveat (this is very important): the dumb person must exude a level of confidence in direct proportion to his level of dumbness. In other words, dumbness must be counteracted by an equal weighting of impudence!

On the other hand, if you happen to regard yourself as a semi-intelligent, compassionate person who prides himself on basic common-sense and believe that hard work can overcome any obstacle, then, I’m sorry to say, you are the market’s preferred prey. One can usually identify this class of people by their ability to impress others with fancy investment theories and intricately thought out analysis of market behavior. However, when it comes down to actually making money, they unequivocally suck. For all their intelligence, what they don’t understand is that they are essentially a bunch of weak-willed, automatons languishing in a self-doubt camouflaged, ego-driven superiority complex.

So, if you are person #2 (the smart person suppressing an inferiority complex), what can you do? How can you play the market without it sucking the emotional blood from your soul?” This is an apt question. And, next week, I will divulge a few secrets to overcoming the market’s eviscerating hold on this class of investor. I will also introduce the ultimate investor class: that of the stock market aficionado. These are the ones who tend to experience the preponderance of trading success. This is the most elite class of investor, often recognized for their lack of compassion, ability to treat others with disdain and general arrogance.

Until then.

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¹ Hersh and Cobbs, “The Transcendental Nature of Human Constructed Infrastructure”, 2006