Actually I don't know why people call the market Mr Market as it feels that the market behaves very much like a woman. Fickle minded, full of mood swings, is often irrational etc. Personally I love and hate Mr Market as it can make me feel like a genius or an idiot, sometimes both at the same time! I love Mr Market as this is one of the ways to make $$$ using your own capabilities, unless you outsource this job to someone else, then this no longer applies to you. Basically it means no amount of ball sucking, politicking, scheming etc will make Mr Market go the way you want it to be. This is true for the average retail investor with nary a resource. It also means it doesn't give a shit about your looks, height, race, religion, education, experience as all these are thrown out ......