How are your investments doing?

[DarkBlack]

S&P futures up 1/2% right now
Nasdaq futures up 7/8%..

 

[Snobdds]

Doom and gloom. The sky is falling!
There’s always been dire market predictions. The market has survived and persevered through the Great Depression, WWII, etc… I don’t think tomorrow is going to be a historical game changer

The market top is in...

 

[drssg]

What the heck is a buggy whip stock?

I made that up. I apologize for the confusion. People don't use horse and buggies for transportation anymore, so there is little demand for buggy whips. It is sometimes used as an example of a business that has died, due to technology advancement.

 

[Snobdds]

To those saying the market is too expensive…you realize it always appears too expensive at the moment .. for a given day, and circumstances?

Tomorrow, today’s prices will look like a bargain.

Here’s the S&P 1925-2025. 100 years of some people saying somewhere, along that timeline, on a given day/month/year, it was too expensive.

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When money forgets time, society forgets motion. When money relearns gravity, value becomes real again.

 

[mark in portugal]

Historically, the markets always rose again; so those who were liquid enough to hold, came out ok.
Those Buffet types, who cannily had extra cash to hand, bought bargains and profited greatly.

So remember to stay liquid; preferably the capacity to not touch your stocks for a few years, just in case.

If the real armageddon comes and it all collapses, only the bunker equipped preppers will have an edge.
For a while. Maybe.

 

[lman]

I made that up. I apologize for the confusion. People don't use horse and buggies for transportation anymore, so there is little demand for buggy whips. It is sometimes used as an example of a business that has died, due to technology advancement.

There are a lot of horses and buggies along with horse whips. I better look for those stocks.

 

[Tpondel]

We really only have one direction to go, since the US dollar is no longer the worlds reserve currency. We are not servicing our debt and it looks like we aren't serious about getting it under control.
My investment are doing fine, Solar, Insulation, new windows and no debt.
Mutual fund is very liquid and it is doing fine too!

Actually the US Dollar is still the reserve currency and the debt is being paid.

Just sayin’

 

[jmc]

What the heck is a buggy whip stock?

A buggy whip is a control device for renewably powered transportation.

 

[NorTracNY]

My investments are doing excellent. I've always used this philosophy. Money and purchasing power is relative. I've NEVER worried about the market crashing. IF the market crashes and goes down, I'm not the only person who's investments will get hit. If the wealthy amongst us are investing, there is no reason we all shouldn't. Just don't try to hit homeruns with individual stocks. I certainly have bought individual stocks, but I only lost when I bought speculative ones. For the most part, I buy broad mutual funds or ETFs.

Never try to time the market and never listen to anyone that talks about timing. Someone talking about gloom and doom is just a market timer. This would be someone that is too afraid to invest, or doesn't understand the markets. They are not in the market, so they want company. They don't want to be alone when the market does well and they didn't participate.

If you don't need the money for 10 years, that money should be 100% in equities. So even at age 70, whatever you don't need for the next 10 years should be in equities. That doesn't mean there should be no money that you need in the next 10 years in equities.

If you're more than 10 years from retiring, 100% of your 401K should be in equities.