As rates go up, market will tend to go down. No world drivers to boost the economy.....
Dont ever put a stop market order on an ETF. It cost me 30k last year. Weird rules with these exotics. They can drop in value by 40% and back up in minutes. PJP got me. I had no idea, they are not stocks, no do they act like stocks, they emulate stocks. Someone let me know if I am wrong.
I'm pretty much long term yet risk averse so I have had a big chunk of cash on the sidelines for a while waiting for the right time to jump back in rather than shorting. I don't need to catch the bottom by any means but obviously I don't want to buy index funds when the DJ hits 16k only to have it go to 13k. In terms of index funds, how low does everyone think the DJ and S&P will go?
No clue on calling the bottom but I'll be moving a portion out of cash every 500 or so points. I'm willing to bet that in 5 years the market will be above where it is today.
If we're talking % increase I'll take LINE or LNCO (Same company, Linn Energy). Oil stock trading down around $1 after a brutal '15. You can get a 10% gain in a day without too much work.
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Yes, I like Goldwaters philosophies for the most part. Ironically enough I do veer from the libertarian view in the areas of displacing fossil fuels, but that's probably for a later cave discussion. Bonus points if you know the historical leader depicted in my avatar.