markets are not a store of a country's wealth. a country's wealth is the ability in its added value in other words the ability to create wealth, an ipo is adding wealth, buying or selling shares contributes nothing to wealth expect the those who manage the actual transactions Like or not the expanded financial sector in recent years has contributed to a decline in wealth why; because or its doing is re-cyclying money not creating wealth. do not blame Mr Rudd for your greed only for his left wing atitudes of knowning whats best for other people's hard earned monies.