If the stock market does bad does the economy also do bad? Or is it the other way around? How and in what ways are they connected?
It used to be "the market moved the economy." (1990's-2000),
In 2008 the "economy moved the market." Since March 2009, "the market is moving the economy" so they think.
Some people in the media think that wall Street and main Street are separate. They are completely connected via 401(k), Pension, other retirement accounts, and individual investing.