Your Perceptions Wrong Poem,  It's not your fault though.

If I spent a decade listening to people tell me how everything's corrupt, I'd probably feel the same way.

There will always be companies like Enron in this World, but that doesn't make everyone a crook.

Everything in this World needs an awareness, regardless of where its coming from.

It doesn't matter what Exchange a Companies trading on, someone needs to promote it or you'd never know it existed.

"The stock market is one of the most important sources for companies to raise money. This allows businesses to be publicly traded, or raise additional financial capital for expansion by selling shares of ownership of the company in a public market. The liquidity that an exchange affords the investors gives them the ability to quickly and easily sell securities. This is an attractive feature of investing in stocks, compared to other less liquid investments. Some companies actively increase liquidity by trading in their own shares."

"History has shown that the price of shares and other assets is an important part of the dynamics of economic activity, and can influence or be an indicator of social mood. An economy where the stock market is on the rise is considered to be an up-and-coming economy. In fact, the stock market is often considered the primary indicator of a country's economic strength and development."

"The smooth functioning of all these activities facilitates economic growth in that lower costs and enterprise risks promote the production of goods and services as well as possibly employment. In this way the financial system is assumed to contribute to increased prosperity."

Source ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market