This isn't a possibility, it is a probability given that every Fed rate-hiking campaign in the past has led to a financial market-related event, recession, or worse.

Of course, when you publish views on a regular basis it always attracts those"individuals" who want to consistently deride and distract an otherwise informed debate. Normally, I don't respond to comments because there is nothing to be gained in trying to persuade someone who is already convicted of their beliefs.

As my dad use to tell me growing up: "The only permanent cure of ignorance, is experience."