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1 posted on 01/06/2022 10:27:42 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

They’ve been killing my portfolio. It is a bloodbath. It is across the board.


2 posted on 01/06/2022 10:31:53 AM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: BenLurkin

Buying up homes and land instead?


3 posted on 01/06/2022 10:35:38 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: BenLurkin

It is about time for an interest increase, cool this market down. It needs to fall 10K. I think the savings interest rate will go up too.


4 posted on 01/06/2022 10:38:14 AM PST by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: BenLurkin; DaxtonBrown

They’ll take it down a bit and then get back in at a lower price which will cause it to go up again - usually even more than it did before.

The market is a self correcting machine.

When prices get low all of a sudden the bargain hunters will come out of the woodwork and start buying hands over fist and drive the prices up. When prices are high people get cautious and take profits.

If you look at long term graphs of any indices all these “corrections” are just blips in an upward moving curve. If you’re a long term investor I wouldn’t worry about them.

Just human nature. The market is mostly about human psychology.


7 posted on 01/06/2022 11:15:16 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: BenLurkin

If you are buying and selling stocks based on theoretical predictions about how interest rates affect market multiples, you are a trader not an investor.

When I invest in a company, I first try to understand their underlying story; what is it about this company that gives them an edge or makes them a potential game-changer. If the story is compelling, I invest. As long as the story remains intact, I add to my position until I “get my price”.

If the price goes down and the story is still valid, I dollar cost average to lower my basis. The hardest part is finding a compelling story and not getting emotional when the “smart” crowd all turns against this or that sector. Patience and vigilance are the key to “getting your price”, not following the herd.


8 posted on 01/06/2022 11:16:52 AM PST by Dave Wright
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To: BenLurkin

NASDAQ is always described as the tech heavy NASDAQ. I don’t think I have ever heard a news broadcast mentioning NASDAQ without saying tech heavy first. “ the Dow is down 150 while the tech heavy NASDAQ is down 14. “ It’s almost like tech heavy NASDAQ is its name.


10 posted on 01/06/2022 11:32:44 AM PST by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: BenLurkin

honestly, it’s about time. There’s a new interview with Jeffrey Gundlach on Yahoo Finance in which he discusses the 2022 outlook. He mentioned that the S&P500, without the FAANG companies included, would have about a 0% return over the last two-year period.


11 posted on 01/06/2022 11:41:03 AM PST by millenial4freedom
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APPL is just barely down from 52 week high so doesn’t seem to be hurting them. Waiting for a good opportunity to go back into tech myself.


13 posted on 01/06/2022 12:35:25 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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