Tokyo shares rise on additional stimulus hope, buying for dividend

Prices for companies making masks is going nuts again.

It’s all ‘funny money’

Meanwhile meetings are being cancelled and products not being sold-my wages are down.

I don’t give a rat’s about stock prices...

Only rich people buy shares.

Woohoo! I must be rich!

Actually it is people who buy shares / invest who get rich. Not everyone can build a unicorn, but anyone who saves a bit of money can buy shares of one.

No amount of short term stimulus is going to prop up the long term financial and emotional damage caused by this virus. The market prices have a long way to fall yet. Don't believe these short 'artificial' bump in prices caused by stimulus promises (more debt). People are losing jobs, businesses will close, savings will be decimated and it will take a long time to recover and feel safe again.