Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Looks like AAPL is "correcting" nicely!
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the real reason the market is up is because any other place one putes their money is paying 2% or less. As long as interest rates remain where they are the market is the best return. If you need the money in the short term you probably should look else where.
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I did; I told you yesterday! And today, at the end of traiding, the market is down 225.47.
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1.5 %.....mathematically it is almost just noise on the curve.
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I think this policy is particularly pernicious when it comes to the elderly and retirees who, for the most part, don't fully understand what's happening. All they know is they can't make any interest income in bonds or CDs anymore so they go into the market. It's actually immoral in some ways but that's another topic. You may fully understand and appreciate why you're in the market but I think there are a lot of people out there who don't and thus likely to get hurt at some point. |
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Rats, I didn't listen. I only lost 1% so it wasn't too bad but the next time I will listen better.
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Having said that, the Fed action is not all bad. Cheep money has allowed many corporations to restructure their debt, thereby reducing their operating costs. Many are operating leaner and smarter in many respects. Many have continued to expand, albeit more slowly during the recession, so their stock prices are catching up with the growth and changes they have made in recent years. Yes, the Fed is helping to pump things up, but it's not all hot air in my opinion. |
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The correction continues:
Down 170.33 today.
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The Fed is a de facto central planner and it is hurting the economy. Wall Street as become addicted to the Feds buying. Banks are getting richer because they are dealing with low interest and so make money but then just sit on it. Why wouldn't they.
Retirees lose out because they are forced into the market when perhaps all they want re CD's etc. The dam is going to burst and when it does the bond market is going to react the same way as the real estate market. The kicker is by that time Bernanke will be sailing his boat along the Caribbean and probably denying paternity the this monstrosity called QE |
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Paper losses up and down are just personal score keeping. Pick one day each month to look at your holdings. Then just watch the trends. It's kinda like weighing ones self every day...the human body can vary up or down depending on a lot of things...pick one day per week to get a better picture.....ditto the stock market. If one is diversified properly the daily ebb and flow of the market is for the tums takers. btk |
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Market will correct if Fed stops buying. The other wild card is Syria. Both could cause major down slides in the short term.
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At some point the Fed will buy LESS bonds; they won't completely stop buying bonds all at once. That means interest rates will likely go up gradually. This gradual increase in interest rates, as the economy improves, won't hurt the market long term. All the fear about interest rates and Syria is being factored in now and that makes this correction a buying oportunity, IMHO.
I've been using this correction as an oportunity to reinvest money that has accumulated from dividends. I would have reinvested it anyway but this is an oportunity to take advantage of somewhat lower pricing. |
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