The hostile takeover scenario is laughable. Only man would think of it. Virus or terraforming is War of the Worlds / Star Trek options. Don't you think they have something a bit more advanced? Doesn't take an economic genius if there were a hostile attack that the markets would crash.
The Childhood's End scenario (the markets would go into buy mode) is very warped. Why would anyone go buy stocks if "overlords" or benign ETs arrived and proved they were here to help? Please, no more programming! Their help would be in ridding us of the grand casino called the stock market.
And the third option posits a continuing market based on the old ways even while assuming the benign ETs would be imposing their beliefs.
What kind of people would believe that drivel?
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