The day is getting ever nearer! Now that the bank-to-bank lending has literally fallen off a cliff (as they dont trust each other any longer) it is one of the very clear signs that something is coming down the line! As the global financial system is more connected than ever before (in history) the fact that one bank in Latvia has already needed a bail-out from its Government..... atleast one bank in Italy has also needed a bail-out from the Italian Government..... Central Banks (globally) have been buying bad-debt off companies books (to keep them afloat) - In the UK, one of those companies is Apple (UK) to keep the company afloat! Central Banks (globally) have been printing their currencies into oblivion to pump it into their stock-markets! For example - The BOJ (Bank Of Japan) now owns more than 75% of the Japanese Stock-market shares! How is that a free-market? Now what is happening is that those companies (and this is happening all over the world) are buying back the shares which the Central Banks have initially bought! This SCAM/ smoke and mirrors operation constantly (and persistantly) has pushed up their values to ludicrous valuations!