Markets have a rhythm — sometimes elegant, sometimes erratic — but always cyclical. For all the talk of endless rallies and perpetual bull markets, the statistical reality is humbling: stocks ...

Welcome to the main event — Wall Street versus Washington, a bout so choreographed it makes professional wrestling look spontaneous. The Fed steps into the ring, promising to “fight inflation,” while quietly greasing the ropes with liquidity. Congress takes its corner, talking tough about “balancing the budget,” but somehow the debt ceiling keeps rising like an encore. Investors, meanwhile, sit ringside pretending to “trust the system,” even as they know the match is fixed.