You're speculating at record highs. The Fed's balance sheet declined for the second straight week as of Wednesday, by $12 billion to $7.1 trillion, as more foreign central banks declined to renew maturing currency swap agreements.Total liabilities for all commercial banks have ballooned to over $18 trillion or 83.7% of GDP. Without buybacks rushing through the system how will Wall Street give us the illusion of earnings growth that hasn't existed in 5 years?