Why have Republicans stopped bragging about the stock market?

[BoyNextDoor]

The market goes up and down, has good periods and bad. It's what it does.
Everyone should want it to do well no matter who's in charge. It affects your life whether you think it does or not.
Not to mention that a whole lot of folks don't really seem to understand how it works.

I have learned that Cramer has a good perspective. He is calling the market volatile and a Bear. I agree. Good time to be in cash until the Bull comes back is my bet.

 

[RoryN]

Dow sinks almost 800 pts!

Deplorables will brag about their fake investments, but not the market...

 

[Busybody18]

Thx

Gonna short 25% of VXX and add if it moves UP

 

[Busybody18]

Thx

Gonna short 25% of VXX and add if it moves UP

Tee Hee

And up $180 already

Thx poster known as "Rory"

 

[Busybody18]

covered short

plus $252

 

[Busybody18]

11 minutes

not bad!

poster known as "Rory"

gimme

MOAR

ideas

 

[Luk]

If the market was doing well, AJ and vettebirther would have infinity posts here.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

....I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018


Meanwhile back at the ranch ... The bond market also flashed warning signs. The gap between the interest rates on short- and long-term United States government bonds fell sharply on Tuesday, and by some measures hit its lowest point since before the financial crisis. Many analysts say long-term rates could soon fall below short-term rates, a phenomenon known as an inversion of the yield curve.

“The inversion has always preceded the recession so you can’t just pooh-pooh it,” said Vinay Pande, head of trading strategies at UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office.

In the past 60 years, every recession has been preceded by an inverted yield curve, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The phenomenon has “correctly signaled all nine recessions since 1955 and had only one false positive, in the mid-1960s, when an inversion was followed by an economic slowdown but not an official recession,” the bank’s researchers wrote in March.

 

[Busybody18]

so with the mkt down about 600 in the AM

I looked at LIT to see if poster known as "RORY" would gloat

Nope.....

But I knew he would

I shorted 700 VXX at avg of 40.33....covered at 37.88


Nice $$$

Thx RORY!

 

[Dribble]

Why would anyone that thinks our economy is healthy under the present administration ever short a stock? They wouldnt.

 

[Busybody18]

Why would anyone that thinks our economy is healthy under the present administration ever short a stock? They wouldnt.

idiot

why would a DUMMY like you post shit?

did you even understand what I wrote?

Vote CuntClinton or NIGGER, polls NEVER close

 

[Busybody18]

Why would anyone that thinks our economy is healthy under the present administration ever short a stock? They wouldnt.

https://media.giphy.com/media/ADr35Z4TvATIc/giphy.gif

 

[Luk]

Why would anyone that thinks our economy is healthy under the present administration ever short a stock? They wouldnt.

Why would anyone believe dizZybo0by owns stocks?

 

[Busybody18]

^^^Another DUMMY

 

[jaF0]

Why would anyone believe dizZybo0by owns socks?

Fixed your post.

 

[trysail]

Reporter: What will the stock market do, Mr. Morgan ?

J. P. Morgan: It will fluctuate.

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An excerpt from the 1987 Annual Report of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.
© Warren E. Buffett, 1987.

"...Ben Graham, my friend and teacher, long ago described the mental attitude toward market fluctuations that I believe to be most conducive to investment success. He said that you should imagine market quotations as coming from a remarkably accommodating fellow named Mr. Market who is your partner in a private business. Without fail, Mr. Market appears daily and names a price at which he will either buy your interest or sell you his.

Even though the business that the two of you own may have economic characteristics that are stable, Mr. Market's quotations will be anything but. For, sad to say, the poor fellow has incurable emotional problems. At times he feels euphoric and can see only the favorable factors affecting the business. When in that mood, he names a very high buy-sell price because he fears that you will snap up his interest and rob him of imminent gains. At other times he is depressed and can see nothing but trouble ahead for both the business and the world. On these occasions he will name a very low price, since he is terrified that you will unload your interest on him.

Mr. Market has another endearing characteristic: He doesn't mind being ignored. If his quotation is uninteresting to you today, he will be back with a new one tomorrow. Transactions are strictly at your option. Under these conditions, the more manic-depressive his behavior, the better for you.

But, like Cinderella at the ball, you must heed one warning or everything will turn into pumpkins and mice: Mr. Market is there to serve you, not to guide you. It is his pocketbook, not his wisdom, that you will find useful. If he shows up some day in a particularly foolish mood, you are free to either ignore him or to take advantage of him, but it will be disastrous if you fall under his influence. Indeed, if you aren't certain that you understand and can value your business far better than Mr. Market, you don't belong in the game. As they say in poker, 'If you've been in the game 30 minutes and you don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.'...

...Following Ben's teachings, Charlie and I let our marketable equities tell us by their operating results - not by their daily, or even yearly, price quotations - whether our investments are successful. The market may ignore business success for a while, but eventually will confirm it. As Ben said: "In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.'..."​

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[IG_88]

Why would anyone that thinks our economy is healthy under the present administration ever short a stock? They wouldnt.

Congrats, you made bb look smart.

 

[IG_88]

Why would anyone believe dizZybo0by owns stocks?

Same people that believe Boy Next Door does..

 

[RoryN]

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty

She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too
It's a long day living in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move West down Ventura Boulevard
Now the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm
I want to glide down over Mulholland
I want to write her name in the sky
Gonna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for a while
And I'm free
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm
Free fallin'
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm
Yeah I'm free
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm
Free fallin'
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Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
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And I'm free
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[BoyNextDoor]

Same people that believe Boy Next Door does..

Not any more. I got out.

 

[RoryN]

Finished down 558.

Ruh roh.

 

[trysail]

There's also the fact that, first, goddamned "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke and, next, Janet Yellen left interest rates far too low for far, far too long.

It was inexcusably irresponsible.

Both of 'em were playing politics and kowtowing to their puppet-master. Both of 'em got out of Dodge— dumping the mess in the incoming Administration's lap. Leaving rates so low for so long inflated the stock market.


In stark contrast, Jerome Powell, is doing the right thing (though rates are still too low in relation to the rate of inflation).

With inflation at 2½-3% and using historic inflation premiums, 90-day Treasuries ought to be yielding at least at 2¾-3% and the 10-year Treasury note ought to be yielding 4½-4¾% (at a minimum).


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[someoneyouknow]

There's also the fact that, first, goddamned "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke and, next, Janet Yellen left interest rates far too low for far, far too long.

It was inexcusably irresponsible.

Both of 'em were playing politics and kowtowing to their puppet-master. Both of 'em got out of Dodge— dumping the mess in the incoming Administration's lap. Leaving rates so low for so long inflated the stock market.


In stark contrast, Jerome Powell, is doing the right thing (though rates are still too low in relation to the rate of inflation).

With inflation at 2½-3% and using historic inflation premiums, 90-day Treasuries ought to be yielding at least at 2¾-3% and the 10-year Treasury note ought to be yielding 4½-4¾% (at a minimum).


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Agreed. Bush handed over (initially) $700 billion of taxpayer money so Wall Street and banks could pay out their bonuses, then the taxpayers continued to hand over their money with ultra-low rates for nearly a decade. All because Bernanke et al didn't want their buddies to suffer any harm for their incompetence.

What did we taxpayers get for the trillions of our dollars spent on private industry? The big 'ol middle finger when we asked for, at the least, a simple thank you. Instead we got foreclosed homes and banks telling us years later, "Oops, sorry. Your mortgage should have been modified but our automated system screwed up. Here's a few bucks to call things even."

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/wells-fargo-accused-of-adding-years-to-modified-mortgages-without-telling-borrowers/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wells-fargo-loan-modification-error-homeowners-who-went-into-foreclosure-seek-answers/

Considering Bernanke claimed to be a man of history, he sure failed to learn from it.

 

[Busybody18]

^^^dummies

 

[trysail]

Federal Funds Rate minus CPI (annualized rate):

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=momA


5-year U.S. Treasury YTM minus CPI (annualized rate):

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=momG


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