Just look at FB stock prices...

to use a poor analogy imagine if i owned Apple stock and the market was either going down or sideways.  

. (*) If I were in the 0.5% (the really top end, e.g. google founder stock) then I'd focus on issues at a completely different level.

I have no way to track follow nor predict the outcomes or results.  

Show me the value add.I invest in the stock market, I can click my mouse right now and buy a stock for $100 and if I get lucky, I can sell it in a short period of time for $150 -$200.  

There is no other indicator that will predict behavior, in my opinion.

Buying oil stocks?  

I don't buy stocks, I invest in companies" - Warren BuffettThe fact that Turner, Buffett and Gates have pledged to give a billion a year to charity make them all alright in my book, regardless of political slant, hardware lean, or software preference.

Flipping houses and paying UBTI can still be more profitable for your IRA than investing in stocks, or even passive real estate options such as holding rentals or being a hard money lender.  

This is true in the stock market as well (though our mortgages have amortization schedules that improve over time and stocks purchased with cash do not yield the same benefit).