'DILBERT' CREATOR: Here's Why I Predicted Market Manipulators Will Make The Stock Market Crash 20%

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Yesterday, Scott Adams, the creator of world-renowned comic-strip "Dilbert," published a blog post predicting a 20 percent drop-off in financial markets and said stock movements were little more than a conspiracy among Wall Street's elite.

We were a bit surprised to see a cartoonist making a very specific call about a forthcoming "correction."

So we reached out to him to clarify his remarks, and he was kind enough to respond via email.

I'm glad you had the wisdom to get a cartoonist's opinion on global financial markets.

The 20% estimate is based on the fact that 20 is a big round number and more likely to happen than 30%. I don't like to over-think these things.

My reasoning is that the people at the highest levels of finance are brilliant people who chose a profession with the credibility of astrology. And they know it. Then they sell their advice to people who don't know it. So that's your cast of characters.

Now consider that the characters - who are literally geniuses in many cases -have an immense financial motive, opportunity, and a near-zero risk of getting caught. How do you think that plays out?

We can only give a guess of the odds that the market is being manipulated. So I ask myself: How often does the fox leave the hen house because he feels that taking an egg would be wrong?

If you have a different answer from mine, I applaud your faith in human nature.

There you go.

So there you go...