I just read from Heritage that the marked reacted to the newest hiltery crimes.
The market has been balanced on the point of a needle for a long time now and companies have borrowed cheap money to buy their stocks back and as you state...access to the "free money" tree have propped it up.

I suspect stocks are off 4% from their highs because of speculation of a rate hike.

C'mon, its a 1/2 percent decline in a market that is overpriced by 200 percent by bankster manipulation.
Gold and silver are far below their highs, too. This article is just fear mongering.