Posted on 02/09/2018 8:26:01 AM PST by WilliamIII
Bingo!
This is not the same thing at all. Not even close. The only part of this that is similar is that wall street people have stupidity built into some of their strategies. But there is almost no leverage to speak of. Small hedge funds with 2 or 3 times leverage for part of their portfolio is a far cry from 2007. And almost all the economies around the world are doing very well.
The market will be fine again as soon as it devours the bones of those hedge funds that may take a few days then its off to the races.
Remove tax advantages of capital growth over dividend payment. Boom.
Bring out the fear monger machines!!!! Dupe people into destroying their investment portfolios!! Yep, the media loves to assist the rogue players of wall street...
In 100/100 market corrections in the past, a well diversified and prudent portfolio would have recovered after every single major market correction.
100%, do you like those odds?
Or, how about doing something that virtually never works and causes more harm than good. Selling in the midst of a downturn in hopes of picking an even lower number, at just the right time...
“...The sector that suffers the worst with the current drop is the energy sector.
Trump’s attempt to reignite offshore drilling has been met w/just about every coastal governor taking action to stop it.
So maybe Trump’s election ignited hope, but the reality of the swamp is dashing it to pieces....”
As an investor in the energy sector, I totally agree. I do believe it will turn back around though. IMHO, Trump will prevail in some of those offshore actions, but yeah, the swamp is deep and wide, and the commie swamp creatures are doing everything can to destroy him....I pray for him daily.
Krugman and other experts have predicted 27 of the last 3 market crashes.
You can trade volume bets (VIX) or lack of volume bets (XIV). All triple-leveraged. It's like trading which way the wind is blowing. Or perhaps, wind velocity.
Bunch of folks going bananas over a correction that had to happen - while the economy starts firing up...
I retire in 79 days.. house goes up for sale and the retirement home broke ground last month.
Planned on retiring in 2008 ....Perfect storm..
Told the wife I don’t give shxt either way this time cause I’m done.
Still up 7000+ from the Obama years. Dem BS is what is causing the drop.
The VIX hedges do not seem to be enough in value - against the total market - to be a determining factor in a substantial volume of the sell trades the past week.
For now, I am reminded, as early into 2018 we are, and the market is still 3K+ points above December 2016. And, even then, in December 2016, average P/E ratios were in historical near bubble territory. So some sell off would have been normal in my view.
Timing - why now - and extent - where is the bottom, remain questions no one has a crystal ball with which to answer.
The market is nothing more than a crap shoot game. If it goes down you lose money and can never recover if it goes back up.
†+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Say what? Nonsense!! Whoever told you this is insane and uneducated to boot.
POLL: What is happening to the stock market?
It is being deliberately sabotaged
It is experiencing a long overdue correction
The Trump economy is crashing
I’m not sure
http://www.headlineoftheday.com/
I can’t help but wonder how many Soros-held interests are pushing the sell-sell-sell frenzy right now.
“I voted for both Bushes ...twice each! I think they’re traitors now!”
I think they are NWO globalists. I was with W until he referred to Islam as a relegion of peace. Didn’t trust him after that. Gore would have been worse. Much worse. And Kerry? Are you kidding me?
Agreed.
Not nearly enough criticism of the Yellen Fed. She’s as political as anyone has ever been in that position, and with a chip on her shoulder.
Her parting shot to Trump was to ‘just mention’ to the press that stock are too expensive (or overvalued). Voila!
It’s missing one huge “parallel:” the fact there’s no rampant run on mortgage defaults.
I think about 3% of these experts beat the averages, their opinions are really not that valuable.
Now when is it going to STOP going down?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.