Posted on 01/04/2021 9:37:43 AM PST by BradtotheBone
Never time the market, unless a demented old creep steals an election and Leftwing socialist nuts control all branches of government, then SELL.
Sounds like the inside polling is showing the 2 GOP candidates have once again failed to convince their voters that they are willing to fight against the GOPe, the Dems, and the liberal media.
Rove must be advising them.
The fraud/coup is making the markets react.
Do you think the CEOs and other higher ups in these large companies that supported demented joe and the ho will lose anything? Qui bono?
Copy that. That’s why they are small investors.
If Biden prevails, the major indexes will do well, as they did under Obama. IMHO, not so much the small caps (Russell 2000).
Socialists like their big-cap, oligarchical companies. They can control them and do them favors. Big caps can deal with the regulations, and even profit from them as they provide barriers to competition. The small caps struggle more with these - the smaller banks, smaller manufacturers and retailers, smaller energy companies, etc.
The market could drop 1,000 and the media will be silent as they don't want people to think Demented Joe is to blame.
It depends on your age (and usually related) risk tolerance.
If I were young I would hold very little cash, and in fact would borrow as much as I could at the current low interest rates where they are available.
But—unfortunately I am older and cannot afford a stock market crash, so I have no choice but to be heavy in cash and cash equivalents—and of course I have no debt.
A dollar crash (and inflation of basics) would be very bad for me, so that is why I have a _big_ cushion of cash over expenses.
It’s not the GA runoff. It’s in preparation for the 1/6 plunge. They want people to squeal “stop the pain...we’ll take Biden”.
“ The Big banks and big tech which controls the market wanted Biden in and the market itself will do well. The economy may not.”
Foreign markets, though......
I’m old as well, almost 80 and I have found thru the yrs (I have been investing for over 40 yrs) that 6 months cash is enough IF investments being held are mostly balanced, perhaps in a 50-50 mix of equities (including commodities and bonds including those rated as low as b.) This is most easily done in a well managed balanced mutual fund such as Vanguard Wellington which has been around since 1929 and has an average return north of 8% over that span. It is one of the lower cost funds fee wise and very, very popular.
It is currently closed to new investors but will reopen at some point.
Bingo.
What sectors are you staying with? I’m already out of ‘growth’...
Good analysis.
I have made a lot on the high tech small caps in the last two years.
What do you think will happen with oil/energy stocks?
How about airline and cruise insutry?
I don’t care if the market crashes.
I just hope normal people aren’t too affected.
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Peoples retirement is invested in the equity markets
Only 10%? I'm expecting a possible 20% slide, into a crash. I've pulled two-thirds of my money out of the stock market in the last couple months. Still making money on the remaining third, but if the market slides a lot then I'll sell off most except for a few that are long-term investments. A lot of the analysis reports I've read point to a major crash around March leading to collapses elsewhere into a major depression. Of course Biden will blame Trump, but it will be Biden's baby and Biden will make everything worse.
“You just gotta figure out which is which!”
LOL, if I could figure out exactly when to sell and buy I’d be a gazillionaire today.
Big drop coming Tuesday/Wed if the Dems steal this election and take the Senate.
Bigger drop (read: crash) coming if Biden is inaugurated. 30-40% easily, over the next couple months.
Just my opinion.
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