Predictions on next market crash?
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I'm having the same thoughts too, but with a slightly different maybe plan that I know as sure as I'm tying this I won't have the stones to pull off: get out of equities now ... all of them, 500 index, actual stocks, all of it, and sit on cash and wait for this to happen.RoadTrip said:Something tells me as soon as the last COVID-19 checks go out, the market will take a dive. We're at an almost all time high and I'm thinking about moving the 401k into bonds until it corrects and push it back into a few tech oriented mutual funds when it starts to rebound. Dumb? Don't ever try and time the market and just let it ride if it crashes and wait the 2-6 years it will take to recover?
I myself would be wary of going into bonds. If rates tick up at all, they will get crushed. Then again, that has been the conventional warning for years and it hasn't happened.
But, all that said, I also have FOMO of more market gains.
Nothing is dumb because nobody knows wtf is going to happen. The other scenario is that COVID is resolved and there is a period of real economic activity and growth as people flee out of their homes to start living again. The confidence will be amazing, especially when/if employment numbers match the euphoria.
I wish I could tell you anything with confidence, but I got nothin'. -
Since I lost everything and had to do the bankruptcy shit I'm very much looking forward to a housing crash.
Income is good and will only get better.
Problem for me is that I don't really want to stay put anywhere -
Dude, dollar average if you are fucking lazy like me. Don’t take shit out of the market. Have to be invested. Unless you are @creepycoug age getting closer to lights out (sorry creep can’t you race as an example because he will never die)
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The problem is that investment grade bonds aren't paying much.RoadTrip said:Something tells me as soon as the last COVID-19 checks go out, the market will take a dive. We're at an almost all time high and I'm thinking about moving the 401k into bonds until it corrects and push it back into a few tech oriented mutual funds when it starts to rebound. Dumb? Don't ever try and time the market and just let it ride if it crashes and wait the 2-6 years it will take to recover?
The Fed has learned hiking rates crushes rallies (see late 90's and 2007) and even a taper tantrum (2013) causes a selloffs now. What is the Fed to do?
The yield curve is steepening so keep that in mind: https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/treasury-curve-steepens-toward-level-last-seen-around-2016-vote
If you are worried about a sell-off, take a little off your high-growth winners and roll it into low beta equities with a reasonable P/E and yield at 2%+. You could do a lot worse than NEM and GOLD with the stimulus on the horizon. -
If you don't mind me asking Pitch, how old are you? Back in '08, through no fault of my own, I had to defend myself in federal court while starting my own company. I was 39 years old and it took 2.5 years and every dime I had to my name (almost $1mm) to beat white collar criminals. I won my counter suit for more than $1mm but I never collected a dime. I was able to pay my lawyer though and I was free. I built a $33mm company and have been maxing my 401K after having to deplete what I had built to that point. I have 3 more years to go and I think I'll be able to retire fairly comfortably but who knows. You can always rebuild. My business partner had to file bankruptcy at that time too and he lost his house. He rebuilt his life along side me. It was his fault for getting us into the mess he created but I believed in him and knew he was getting fucked. It is an unbelievable story similar to the shenanigans that went on in the Movie Wolf of Wallstreet without the drugs and hookers. Mine involved the Russian mafia, the FBI, private detectives, a Hollywood stunt man, a gay registered sex predator, the largest penny stock fraud in American history, knowing how to play poker and a lot of luck. The point is you can always rebuild and, if you believe in yourself when no one else does, you can win against all odds. I hope you keep that cash and hit it big when the opportunity presents itself!Pitchfork51 said:Since I lost everything and had to do the bankruptcy shit I'm very much looking forward to a housing crash.
Income is good and will only get better.
Problem for me is that I don't really want to stay put anywhere -
32. I had a good thing going then my dad got sick and I could keep the tech and customer service part of the operation going but without my dad (when he got sick) I had no clue about the operation and hiring part.RoadTrip said:
If you don't mind me asking Pitch, how old are you? Back in '08, through no fault of my own, I had to defend myself in federal court while starting my own company. I was 39 years old and it took 2.5 years and every dime I had to my name (almost $1mm) to beat white collar criminals. I won my counter suit for more than $1mm but I never collected a dime. I was able to pay my lawyer though and I was free. I built a $33mm company and have been maxing my 401K after having to deplete what I had built to that point. I have 3 more years to go and I think I'll be able to retire fairly comfortably but who knows. You can always rebuild. My business partner had to file bankruptcy at that time too and he lost his house. He rebuilt his life along side me. It was his fault for getting us into the mess he created but I believed in him and knew he was getting fucked. It is an unbelievable story similar to the shenanigans that went on in the Movie Wolf of Wallstreet without the drugs and hookers. Mine involved the Russian mafia, the FBI, private detectives, a Hollywood stunt man, a gay registered sex predator, the largest penny stock fraud in American history, knowing how to play poker and a lot of luck. The point is you can always rebuild and, if you believe in yourself when no one else does, you can win against all odds. I hope you keep that cash and hit it big when the opportunity presents itself!Pitchfork51 said:Since I lost everything and had to do the bankruptcy shit I'm very much looking forward to a housing crash.
Income is good and will only get better.
Problem for me is that I don't really want to stay put anywhere
What really kills me is that no matter how good I had made it I would have gone out of business anyway due to the vid.
So I found out what I really loved and have gone ham on that ever since. I got really lucky and got a good job and it's pretty cool.
Its just so weird to think all the heartache and worrying was for nothing lol
No matter how good I did I would have failed.
I feel like a bit of a chump
But what's weird is like I can talk more legit to my owners and when they make dumb mistakes I have no prob being like bro. Don't do this. I did this. -
Fuck that Pitch. You're not a chump. Big falls lead to even bigger climbs for those who refuse to lose. You're so fucking young and have the next 20-30 years to crush it and you will. Sorry about your dad. I lost mine 3 years ago when he was only 72. 6'2" 230lb Irish badass. He was CA state rugby player of the year his senior season. He and I never got along until he received a 9 month death sentence (pancreatic cancer). He died knowing I had become a success and I made sure he knew it was all because of him. I had something to prove and I did it without his help. He thought my brother and sister were better than me and maybe they were in his eyes but in the end I won and he respected me for it. I understand why he was so hard on me and it's why I do the same with my own kids even though I'm sure there's a much better way. Unfortunately, I only know one way.
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I appreciate that man. All I'm saying is that it was so weird I worried about it. Because no matter what I did it would have turned out poorly. But I lived and learned. And people take you more seriously if you've ever had skin in the game. Its why I don't fuck around and me and my ceo are bros.RoadTrip said:Fuck that Pitch. You're not a chump. Big falls lead to even bigger climbs for those who refuse to lose. You're so fucking young and have the next 20-30 years to crush it and you will. Sorry about your dad. I lost mine 3 years ago when he was only 72. 6'2" 230lb Irish badass. He was CA state rugby player of the year his senior season. He and I never got along until he received a 9 month death sentence (pancreatic cancer). He died knowing I had become a success and I made sure he knew it was all because of him. I had something to prove and I did it without his help. He thought my brother and sister were better than me and maybe they were in his eyes but in the end I won and he respected me for it. I understand why he was so hard on me and it's why I do the same with my own kids even though I'm sure there's a much better way. Unfortunately, I only know one way.
He's a cheap bastard but I understand that. it's very different when it's your pocket. -
My investment theory right now is follow the Fed balance sheet...i think it drives the market. There probably will be some flash crashes but it won’t stay down as long as they are pumping newly printed $$$ into the system.
As soon as they start drawing down their balance sheet watch out unless the real economy is magically booming again. -
This is a great fucking thread. Much respect to @RoadTrip and @Pitchfork51 . There are a couple of good fucking movies in those posts my friends.
Good on both of you for having what it takes get back up and start over. If there is only one good thing about the USA, and there's more, but if there were only one, it would be that you can do what you both did here. You're never really out of it unless you want to be.
