> "This trend, imo, is connected up with the deeper issue of ever-widening rift between the (shrinking) middle class and the calcifying wealth of the upper classes -- there isn't a lot of opportunity for folks in the middle class to invest in quality 'fast-rising upstart' stocks (like the article talks about) today"

Agreed. Kinda. The question is: which is causing which? Or is there something else for which these are symptoms?