Lol do you think the Great Depression has any value in understanding the current market? Take that data point out. It’s silly because the world was so different. Banks actually held cash, there was a run on backs, no technology, etc We The only true financial disaster that’s remotely comparable to todays world is 2008. It took 4 years to recoup If you remained invested, less if you were diversified. Yawn. |
Oh yea, let’s compare the Japanese index on DCUM. Stop grasping. Every single data point in the world shows the US stock market always goes up. Show me one example of the Dow, S&P, Russell 2000, or Nasdaq never going up? I’ll wait. |
LOL. Mine (FIL and MIL) do the same *and* watch videos their friends send them at high volume at the same time . Annoying of course but I treat it as a character building exercise for myself.. I have an app on my phone to reduce the TV volume if it gets to be too much.
I grew up with 3 generations in my household (4 at one point) and want my kids to go through the joys and annoyances of such an existence. Need someone to deal with me when I'm old, don't I? Not too optimistic that full-service fembots will be invented by then.. |
| Hmm, I think the market is going to improve. Why? We refinanced our house about 8 months or so ago. We went through a mortgage broker. We have refinanced with him 2 times before over the years. He typically sells off loans ASAP. Not this time! He had to sit on it for 8+ months. Our loan was just sold off, which tells me banks are as worried anymore and see improvement in inflation, interest and the markets. |
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| Would be awesome if inflation soars temporarily and the 30 year bond hits the 15% level it did in the 80s. Will invest a mil. and be all set for the next couple of decades. Sadly, out much more sophisticated Fed will not let that happen. I'll settle for 8-10%. |
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Welp, here we go...the next three days are going to make or break this market. Any weakness and it is toast.
Foxconn affected by Chinese closures....let's see if Apple has anything to say about future iPhone sales. I'm not holding my breath that they'll be able to shake it off like nothing. |
This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read. Sorry, but are you kidding me? |
I said the average investor, which is true as there were no index funds back then and FDIC did not exist for banks. The link is fake data, because the s&p was founded in 1957. Buy hey, you do you. Invest or don't - it doesn't impact me... but I do have to say, you sound like you make bad decisions on unfounded data, but again, doesn't impact me. |
+1 I agree with you. The PP that you were responding to clearly has no clue. |
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01 wasn’t bad at all, unless you were all tech invested and/or worked in tech.
08 was terrible, unemployment and investments, we were close to a total financial collapse due to the housing bubble and leverage 22 ?? What is collapsing? Stocks are down 10%, this is just regular market moves, happens every few years. Where is the meltdown coming from. No collapse in housing, may decline a bit due to mortgage rates but there is no foreclosure crisis based on better lending standards. Company profits look solid. Maybe there is some mystery bubble in finance but nobody can predict that one. |
These posters freak out every time the market drops. If you go back to threads on any bad day or series of days they all read the same. And if you imply they are overreacting, you are a blind, ignorant moron. |
First of all, I agree with you. Here's what's happening. Nothing is collapsing. We have supply chain issues, due to the pandemic and probably Russia now (energy). Our government flooded the market with money, the stimulus checks, and we got inflation (surprised? Not me). Then war breaks out and a large source of European energy is cut off. Prices from some of those good will rise. This has a knock on effect to other goods because the cost of shipping has now risen and energy routes have changed. Meanwhile the government implemented interest rate hikes to help control inflation. People put more money in bonds than stocks, and stock market burbs. People freak out at the little burp. The government stated several more interest rate hikes, which means stock will bounce around for a year or two. Don't freak out, it's normal.... look at the 80s when inflation and interest were higher. Honestly, people here freaking out were probably not born in the 80s and are too emotional to look at the free data all over the internet about this. As far as a collapse- the only thing that may collapse is crypto. Rich Russians have to park their money somewhere, especially with the sanctions. Honestly, I'm too conservative to invest in it. I like money, real money, and I'd like to keep it. |
Huh? Crypto is mostly unregulated. This comment makes zero sense |
Even if you didn’t (we didn’t have near as much either in our mid 20s), the job losses were SO devastating. And if you were lucky enough to to keep your job, you didn’t get a pay raise for 4 or so years. 2008 has still held my DH and I back in some respects, professionally and financially. |