23 Nations Around The World Where Stock Market Crashes Are Already Happening
Posted on 08/19/2015 7:42:30 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Big Stocks Are Last Hope for a Decaying Market
The Nasdaq is a “dead man walking,” small-caps are weak, more stocks are falling than rising in the S&P 500.
When considering stock performance, most analysts and money managers – and certainly retail investors – focus on the twists and turns of the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Beat the S&P 500 and collect a nice check for your investing acumen. In today’s market this index is even more important, because it is now the last man standing.
I say that even though the Nasdaq is officially in a rising trend this year and above...
(Excerpt) Read more at barrons.com ...
So what do you do? Put your money in your mattress? Earn negative interest in a bank? Deal with the volatility of precious metals - which you can’t eat if worse comes to worse? I’m not criticizing the post, just lamenting about the realities. Maybe this is the time for me to cash out, and buy some land.
That question depends on one’s age and risk tolerance as you know. If you don’t need the money within 10-15 years then a big chunk should be in stocks or inflation will get you. I have a big chunk in blue chip stocks that pay good dividends.. companies that have been through the depressions and recessions.
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you can short the *** out of the sucker
Do an internet search on inverse ETFs.
If true welcome President Trump
Buy Netflix.
It would be very unusual for the US markets to crash without the Federal Reserve raising rates first.
That was the suckers bet in 2007.
PM coming
Really? If you put all of your money in an S&P 500 index fund at the peak of the 2007 market, you were 2.5% higher 5 years later... you've more than doubled since, if you were patient.
Cash? You were flat after the first 5 years... and just about the same today.
Good luck with that.
I seriously don't think this nation has 10-15 years. I really don't. I am not sure we have even 3 years. I think America is about change in fundamental ways.
Great - our financial salvation is to rely on megacorps (and monopolies would make them even better) while ignoring the horrendous actions to kill small businesses and relegate small caps to oblivion. That’ll save us /s
Whoa NEAT!! [printing entire article —tx to you or whoever it was that clued me into that google trick]
Happy Distribution Day everyone! S&P's now at 10 and the NASDAQ's up to 4 as both power below their 10-week ma's in leaping volume. Metals have rebounded a bit w/ gold'n'silver now at $1,139.40 and $15.46. Futures right now see more gains w/ metals (+0.99%) and more sagging stocks (-0.17%). On the report docket we find that today's claims day:
8:30 AM Initial Claims
8:30 AM Continuing Claims
10:00 AM Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM Philadelphia Fed
10:00 AM Leading Indicators
10:30 AM Natural Gas Inventories
Note that yesterday's CPI came in flat ---0.1% for both total and the core, and it's appearing that investors are not expecting any awareness at the Fed when it comes to next month's rate-hike-at-all-costs.
the date is still in August. That is August 20th to be specific
In before the, ‘You Can’t Eat Precious Metals’ crowd shows up, LOL!
Diversification is your Friend!
(Not to be confused with that Leftist, ‘diversity’ pap!) :)
Credit Traders Gird for the Worst as Fed Loses Its Grip on Debt
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-20/credit-traders-gird-for-the-worst-as-fed-loses-its-grip-on-debt
“All this comes as the Fed does, well, nothing much. Instead, it’s China that’s taken the lead with new rounds of financial stimulus in the face of slowing growth....Financial markets are desperate for the Fed to drive trading themes, but the ‘world’s central bank’ has fallen to the second rank this summer”
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And bond buyers are trying to shield themselves by holding more cash and buying protection via credit-default swaps.
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