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Old 01-13-2015, 09:42 AM
 
Location: Central Atlantic Region, though consults worldwide
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I am not going to bored the informed with all the ongoings however,

Consider:

- inflation may materialize - labor cost increase might crimp corporate earnings.
- unemployment to be ~5% this summer, ahead for Fed's EOY 2016 projection?
- lastly, does January 28, 2015 mean anything to anyone. Could be bad...

Not so sure the godd times are here again.

Inviting comments...
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Old 01-13-2015, 12:34 PM
 
Location: San Diego California
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3100 maybe, 31000 is a fantasy.
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Old 01-13-2015, 01:17 PM
 
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3100 maybe, 31000 is a fantasy.


Why am I not surprised by this response? While I think 31,000 in 3 years is overly optimistic and not realistic it's certainly not impossible. Interesting to think +21% a year is fantasy but you think -43%+ a year is more likely? Well if this isn't a negative view point I don't know what is
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Old 01-13-2015, 01:20 PM
 
Location: MO->MI->CA->TX->MA
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Why am I not surprised by this response? While I think 31,000 in 3 years is overly optimistic and not realistic it's certainly not impossible. Interesting to think +21% a year is fantasy but you think -43%+ a year is more likely? Well if this isn't a negative view point I don't know what is
And it still would not be impressive by the 1982-2000 bull market standards. 6500 (roughly the 2009 low) to 31000 would be only a 377% increase..

Not saying it's likely or unlikely but just putting things in perspective..
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Old 01-13-2015, 01:23 PM
 
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Whatever happens it is 100% out of your hands, so why worry about? If you feel like investing in some stocks, do it. If not, then don't. The influences are completely out of your hands AND unknown to the likes of you and others at this website... your guess is as good as anyone else's because those who know aren't going to tell anyone ahead of time.
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Old 01-13-2015, 02:43 PM
 
Location: NJ
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3100 maybe, 31000 is a fantasy.
what is your asset allocation and how has your performance been over the past 10 years?
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Old 01-14-2015, 07:30 AM
 
Location: San Diego California
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Why am I not surprised by this response? While I think 31,000 in 3 years is overly optimistic and not realistic it's certainly not impossible. Interesting to think +21% a year is fantasy but you think -43%+ a year is more likely? Well if this isn't a negative view point I don't know what is
You confuse a negative view point with a realistic one.
Markets are like buildings, in order to evaluate their condition, it is necessary to evaluate their foundation.
It is the foundations of the current market which are not solid. Had this market cycle been built on organic growth based on sound economic fundamentals instead of the pump and dump policies of the Fed we would be looking at an entirely different situation.

All you need to do is to look at a chart of the market since QE ended to see how it's momentum is completely stalled.

Fundamentally, markets require a constant supply of new buyers to go up. That supply of new buyers was being artificially manufactured by 85 billion per month in printing by the Fed which was a fraud from the beginning and is now discontinued.

Now the market must exist on it's own fundamentals which are very problematic. The commodities markets are reflecting exactly where the economy really is. Ignore what they are telling you at your own peril.
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Old 01-14-2015, 08:10 AM
 
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You confuse a negative view point with a realistic one.
Markets are like buildings, in order to evaluate their condition, it is necessary to evaluate their foundation.
It is the foundations of the current market which are not solid. Had this market cycle been built on organic growth based on sound economic fundamentals instead of the pump and dump policies of the Fed we would be looking at an entirely different situation.

All you need to do is to look at a chart of the market since QE ended to see how it's momentum is completely stalled.

Fundamentally, markets require a constant supply of new buyers to go up. That supply of new buyers was being artificially manufactured by 85 billion per month in printing by the Fed which was a fraud from the beginning and is now discontinued.

Now the market must exist on it's own fundamentals which are very problematic. The commodities markets are reflecting exactly where the economy really is. Ignore what they are telling you at your own peril.


Can you post the chart you are looking at when you say the market stalled when QE ended? I'd love too see what it is exactly you are talking about. As I see it the market has been making higher highs even post the stop of QE. I would like to remind you also when QE "stopped" it went from 10 billion a month to zero not 85 billion a month to zero as they wound down QE over time. Hey but don't let facts get in the way of your fear mongering


Again comical that 21%+ appreciation a year for three years is fantasy but -43%+ depreciation a year for three years is more likely.
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Old 01-14-2015, 08:28 AM
 
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No one with a brain.
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Old 01-14-2015, 09:35 AM
 
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That would imply earnings growing 50%+ in three years from a pretty high starting point. Not likely. The current expansion would be 9 - 10 years old, kind of long in the tooth. The earnings cycle may already have peaked.

If the economy keeps expanding 3% - 3.5% a year, the Dow could be at 22,000 - 24,000 in 3 years. And that assumes things go mostly right. Oil stabilizes, Ukraine is quiet, ILIS is contained, China keeps chugging, Europe doesn't become PIGS land, the $ doesn't rocket or collapse, interest rates only rise 1% - 1.5%..a lot of sunshine needs to happen to keep things on track.
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