With the world watching mouth open at the 30% gains in the US equity market (and 57% gains in Japan), the Venezuelans are cock-a-hoop at their wealth-generation this year... a sprinkling of totalitarianism, nationalization, toilet-paper shortages, and hyperinflation and, drum roll please... the Caracas Stock Index is up a disappointed-not-to-make-it-to-500%, 480% in 2013... (time to greatly rotate and chase that momentum)...

Think of the confidence this must be inspiring...

and a little context... (because it could never happen here or Japan...)