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The secondary markets are pretty important. Without them, the primary equity markets would lack liquidity and would lose some of their charm. And the primary equity markets are essential for raising capital. The markets also serve as a barometer of instantaneous confidence in the economy. Yes there is speculation and exuberance, but lets not pretend that its all a made up childs play.
I think most rational people understood that 18000 was a bubble.
I don't think it'll be anywhere near 2008 bad or even 2000 bad. The bigger problem is that we're overall weaker going in than we were in either 2008 or 2000. I wonder if we're in for a long period of malaise like the 70s. The 70s through about 1984 were a lot like this, when you thought things were getting better, the economy would dip again and be like "tricked ya!"
I think most rational people understood that 18000 was a bubble.
I don't think it'll be anywhere near 2008 bad or even 2000 bad. The bigger problem is that we're overall weaker going in than we were in either 2008 or 2000. I wonder if we're in for a long period of malaise like the 70s. The 70s through about 1984 were a lot like this, when you thought things were getting better, the economy would dip again and be like "tricked ya!"
This. There are no bullets left in the Fed gun and the fed is completely silent.
The Dow was down 530 points today. The unemployment rate is considered good and the economy is so called doing well but does a 530 point drop concern anyone?
Yes. I'm wondering if this is the start of a bear market.
Usually I think that a dip is a good buying opportunity....but yesterday I had a bad feeling about it, and I was too busy working, to buy anything. I'm so glad I didn't, because it hit worse today. I didn't buy today because if it's the start of a bear market, I may get out totally soon.
The source I follow said to expect a bear market at the end of the year, so I was prepared for that. But not this. The source sent an email out saying that we should be on the lookout for more emails....he may change his end of year prediction and recommend getting out soon because it's possible the bear came early. But he didn't call it a bear or say to sell just yet.
A bear market is defined, I think, as 3 months in a row of loss in the market. I haven't looked to see if we've hit that. I think we have, but not sure.
Well, life is all about learning. A mega disaster is brewing that will involve both social and financial upheavals. Too many people every where life is all b about making money by gambling on the stock market even if it means destroying the lives of 100s of millions of people. We'll see how well this strategy will work out.
Investing in the stock market is not gambling (although day traders gamble, I'd say). We invest in businesses, which use that capital to build their businesses. Very different from a crap shoot.
Investing in the stock market is not gambling (although day traders gamble, I'd say). We invest in businesses, which use that capital to build their businesses. Very different from a crap shoot.
This isn't really correct though. When you buy a stock you aren't really investing in the company, you are investing in a trading matrix of paper assets. When the company went Public, that's when it received the money it was going to receive which mainly translates to the Corporate Executives getting a MAJOR pay-day.
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