I will tellya what is happening, is that
EVERY Central Bank in the world is
MASSIVILY infusing the Global economy with
LIQUIDTY....that means they are
PRINTINGGGGG MONEY.
The money is worthless...
With the Central Banks buying Sovereign Debt with the money they are printing, interest rates can be contained...what can not be controled is the value of the money they have printed...thus while we are seeing weak demand for consumer goods on the whole (which are depreciating assets) collectables usually hold value or appreciate.
We are also looking at a dearth of places to invest money and make a decent return because of low interest rates. The US Equity and RE markets are being completely rigged by the Federal Reserve and their bond buying pattern.
This dance will continue until the Liquidty Bubble Bursts....eg Sovereign Debt Bubble. When the Bubbles BURST the music is over, there is no coming back from this one BABY...why you ask....I have over 100,000,000,000,000 reasons why..in other words it is the SCALE OF THE BUBBLE. Think who could BACKSTOP the failure of the USD...No one or combination of entities is large enough to save the US or even save themselves from being sucked down. So it is either GOD or Space Aliens that could fix it.