No one who knows anything believes these are "markets." You know, where there are buyers and sellers in a giant auction. This is the fed, printing up money to buy up assets. Nothing more. This will never stop btw. The stock market will go up and up and up. It will. HOWEVER, it will always be priced in dollars.
You either get that problem, or you don't. If you have confidence in the US dollar, then celebrate! Hooray. I hope you are successful. If you are, I too will be prosperous until I die. Not rich. Just ok.
HOWEVER, you should remember that for several years, the Venezuelan and Zimbabwe stock markets led the world in gains. The Weimar stock markets had eye popping gains in the 20s and 30s as well.
If you are wrong about the dollar (and I think you are), then you are not only going to do badly, you are going to lose everything. Now, if you have some rural property and an ability to live a self sustaining life while the cities burn (you ain't seen nothing yet), you may do ok. The person who has alternative currency, food creation ability, rural location, that person is, I believe, going to do well when this whole festering mess goes south.
This is not a "rally." This is artificial money printed up so that the Fed can buy up assets and keep the market from tanking, and the wealthy elite who are smart enough to follow them (it don't take a lot of bright to see what is happening). There is an old saying "don't fight the fed." I agree with it. OTOH, the fed is actively and willingly destroying the dollar. I am agreeing with them.
BTW, a 10 dollar roll of quarters on Ebay is 160 dollars more or less. This is about 20% over spot. Don't tell me you don't have any money. Tell me you think I am full of it, a howling jeremiad who has been wrong for.... let's see... 15 years now. Maybe I am a lunatic and could be wealthier on a magnitude of multiple times my net worth if I had given up on this "they are going to kill the dollar" stuff. Probably. I have traded professionally for a living and have a decent track record (I once turned 10,000 dollars into $150,000 trading currency futures, and have had many 5 and 10 baggers). Instead, I have shoveled every dime into gold and silver, and stashed them both here in the USA and overseas.
Weird thing is, I really do hope I am wrong. I will do ok if things rock along, though I will not be "wealthy." I am waiting for the day when an ounce of gold buys the entire DOW 30 (this is a pre-Keynesian norm), and then, if that happens, plan to buy some commercial real estate, when I can steal it.
I feel like Deets in that great scene from Lonesome Dove, where he announced that Jake Spoon was riding with murderers and outlaws. Gus said, "I sure hope you are wrong about Jake." Deets said "I hope I am wrong too.... but I ain't." I hope I am wrong about the dollar.
Best of luck to all.