UpperNwGuy is entitled to his anonymity which he values. Right?frugalecon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:07 pmAs someone who lives in the DC area, I assumed he live in Upper Northwest DC. (Like the North Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown, AU Park area.) Hey @UpperNWGuy, which hypothesis is correct?AnnetteLouisan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:42 pmAll this time I was reading it as Upper Northwest Guy. I thought he lived in the Northwest!000 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:50 pmYou might even have to change your usernameUpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pm I wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.
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You are correct frugalecon!frugalecon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:07 pmAs someone who lives in the DC area, I assumed he live in Upper Northwest DC. (Like the North Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown, AU Park area.) Hey @UpperNWGuy, which hypothesis is correct?AnnetteLouisan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:42 pmAll this time I was reading it as Upper Northwest Guy. I thought he lived in the Northwest!000 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:50 pmYou might even have to change your usernameUpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pm I wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.
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Jimsad wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:40 pm+1UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
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The S&P 500 enters correction territory at 4,337 which is 10% from its most recent intra-day high. Back of the envelope, that gets us to Vanguard’s Total Stock ETF (VTI) at $218.flyingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:34 pm Is there anyone who wants to guess what will be the bottom of this downturn? Would it be -10%, -15%, or -20%?
With that said, I think the S&P will slightly break through that level and retest its 10/4/21 intraday low of 4,279 which is 11% from its most recent high and puts VTI at $215.
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No idea. The Fed hasn't even done their first increase. And the ten is only up about 30ish bps.flyingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:34 pm Is there anyone who wants to guess what will be the bottom of this downturn? Would it be -10%, -15%, or -20%?
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While this is fair, if one doesn't want to see people commenting lightheartedly or pragmatically on plummeting stocks this may be the wrong thread to follow.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
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I'm not hoping for it, but I think the market needs a healthy correction... 20% seems a bit much though, a 15% step backwards, maybe a little more, is about what I feel is needed to skim the frothiness off the top.flyingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:34 pm Is there anyone who wants to guess what will be the bottom of this downturn? Would it be -10%, -15%, or -20%?
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I think you could see a year that rhymes with 2018. The difference being if inflation doesn't start to show signs of capitulating in the 2nd half of 2022, you probably will see the fed hit the brakes even harder in 2023 when it could get really ugly.
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Probably looking at 45%, inflation will force the Fed's handflyingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:34 pm Is there anyone who wants to guess what will be the bottom of this downturn? Would it be -10%, -15%, or -20%?
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You've been here too long to quote Jeremy Grantham. You should be a little bit embarrassed.Elysium wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:11 pmokay then hang on to the seat of your pants.ChinchillaWhiplash wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:06 pmIt has broke the 200 day moving average.Elysium wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:49 pm What bad days? we haven't even reached correction territory on S&P 500 yet, wait until it crosses 200 day average on the down then the real bad days will begin. Your portfolio should be designed with this in mind, so that when these eventual drawdowns happen we know what we're expected to do. Consider the past 10-12 years a gift and especially the last 3 years as bonus on top. Market isn't expected to average 16% per annum as it did since 2012. We are going to give back some of it and earn the averages over long periods. Market timing is impossible, otherwise we could all just sell at the top and buy back at the bottom.
Jeremy Grantham thinks $35 trillion of value will be wiped off in the coming bursting of "superbubble" where 50% of S&P 500 will be lost.
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Harsh much?
In Grantham's defense, and he's put it forth in his own defense, nobody could have seen this level of "deranged monetary activism"!!! (shake both fists in the air when you say it -- it's fun) coming.
Also, that poster is just trying get people to think about managing risk if they haven't thought about it yet (or ever). That's all. By any means necessary.
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A useful razor: anyone asking about speculative strategies on Bogleheads.org has no business using them.
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^^^ That should be framed and displayed somewhere.
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Crypto could certainly go to zero. It is absolutely reasonable to believe cryptocurrencies are worthless. What ripple effects that has is anyone's guess. Considering the money machines the large cap US companies are I do believe stocks will ultimately be just fine but I anticipate a rocky year.
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Not sure this will happen. Even baseball cards and beanie babies are still traded amongst the most die hard collectors even if everyone else has moved on.Yesterdaysnews wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:46 pm Crypto could certainly go to zero. It is absolutely reasonable to believe cryptocurrencies are worthless.
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Grantham's defense that he hasn't been able to predict the future for 12+ years is that something unexpected happened in the future?
He's been predicting a HUGE crash every year for 12+ years. No one should listen to him anymore.
The fact that financial media still interviews him and quotes him tells you everything you need to know about financial media. It's pretty much all worthless.
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Like your choice of wordsTriple digit golfer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:09 pm I'm looking for a nice, slow, painful bleed down to 3,200 or lower for the S&P 500 at year-end. Then, a good 3+ years to get back to 4,800. We have far too many over confident investors under age 35 who have never seen or felt a truly painful market decline. March 2020 was a slap on the wrist. We need a couple kidney punches to straighten things out.
I believe this will help young investors in the long run because they will become more self-aware before it's too late.
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I propose that people who don't have the stomach to handle the stock market, sell their stocks.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:53 pmI for one would agree with a ban on any post celebrating downturns. Let's make it happen.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pm
I wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.
I hope stocks keep falling so it kills off the momentum traders and SPAC-buyers who think companies with no profit or even revenue are worth billions. Only then can we have a healthy stock market instead of the 2021 casino. 2021 was not investing, that was gambling, and I'm glad some market participants are getting their comeuppance. Once those people leave the market, we can go back to real investing.
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Now let’s be fair. It’s been every few years he predicts crashes for the past decade plus. But also let’s not forget his laughable prediction about oil shortages and prices skyrocketing 10-15 years ago. 100% agree with you HomerJ.HomerJ wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:56 pmGrantham's defense that he hasn't been able to predict the future for 12+ years is that something unexpected happened in the future?
He's been predicting a HUGE crash every year for 12+ years. No one should listen to him anymore.
The fact that financial media still interviews him and quotes him tells you everything you need to know about financial media. It's pretty much all worthless.
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If my calculations are correct, the 45% drop Grantham is predicting would give the S&P a PE of roughly 14.Beensabu wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:18 pmHarsh much?
In Grantham's defense, and he's put it forth in his own defense, nobody could have seen this level of "deranged monetary activism"!!! (shake both fists in the air when you say it -- it's fun) coming.
Also, that poster is just trying get people to think about managing risk if they haven't thought about it yet (or ever). That's all. By any means necessary.
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It's the weekend, and VTI is only 9.5% off of its all time high. I'll bet anybody a dollar that the bears wimp out and we never even make it to that frightening "correction" land. We've seen this show before.
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Market down on Friday, if there is no good news over the weekend, likely market will be down on Monday as well.FreddieFIRE wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:37 pm It's the weekend, and VTI is only 9.5% off of its all time high. I'll bet anybody a dollar that the bears wimp out and we never even make it to that frightening "correction" land. We've seen this show before.
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The market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
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I agree with you 100%.moneyflowin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:02 pm
I propose that people who don't have the stomach to handle the stock market, sell their stocks.
I hope stocks keep falling so it kills off the momentum traders and SPAC-buyers who think companies with no profit or even revenue are worth billions. Only then can we have a healthy stock market instead of the 2021 casino. 2021 was not investing, that was gambling, and I'm glad some market participants are getting their comeuppance. Once those people leave the market, we can go back to real investing.
I'm celebrating this downturn
I propose that we ban any comments that criticize the celebrating of downturns.
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Crypto was one thing, but the arrival of the NFT insanity was another. From out of the blue, all of a sudden people were spending millions of dollars for a pixelated jpeg or a cartoon of an ape. If that wasn't the sign of a bubble that needed to burst, I don't know what could be.Yesterdaysnews wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:46 pm Crypto could certainly go to zero. It is absolutely reasonable to believe cryptocurrencies are worthless. What ripple effects that has is anyone's guess. Considering the money machines the large cap US companies are I do believe stocks will ultimately be just fine but I anticipate a rocky year.
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I feel the same way. I feel cheated buying US stocks at prices they are right now. Hoping for a good lost decade or two. On the other hand for those who are older in here and with high equity allocation it could be absolutely devastating.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 am The market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.
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At 34, I have plenty of time. For those that are high equity and fear losing it all - greedy much? Isn’t this why everyone preaches asset allocation, rebalancing, etc?Blue456 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:06 amI feel the same way. I feel cheated buying US stocks at prices they are right now. Hoping for a good lost decade or two. On the other hand for those who are older in here and with high equity allocation it could be absolutely devastating.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 am The market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.
Shouldn’t all age groups welcome a correction or even bear market over the years? You rebalance and move back along. It may hurt a little, but it’s not a death blow, unless….you got greedy and are too high in equities or perhaps living outside your means?
Sounds like some folks around here need to do some self reflection and perhaps take a break if someones opinion of a dropping market is hurting their feelings…
Breaks are good and healthy. Go for a walk or do a hoppy. Maybe reassess your AA.
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Methinks Monday will be a bloodbath. Gold is the only thing that will go up.
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What is the cause of market dropping anyways?
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people with too much money will always find ways to spend it. this is no different compared to "the real world". expensive mansions, clothing, jewelry, art, cars, etc. all of that is just plain excessive after a certain point and serves no other purpose than to show off to everyone else what an awesome life you have.peskypesky wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:57 amCrypto was one thing, but the arrival of the NFT insanity was another. From out of the blue, all of a sudden people were spending millions of dollars for a pixelated jpeg or a cartoon of an ape. If that wasn't the sign of a bubble that needed to burst, I don't know what could be.Yesterdaysnews wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:46 pm Crypto could certainly go to zero. It is absolutely reasonable to believe cryptocurrencies are worthless. What ripple effects that has is anyone's guess. Considering the money machines the large cap US companies are I do believe stocks will ultimately be just fine but I anticipate a rocky year.
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NFTs are the digital version of that. sure, you can just copy/paste the image. but you're not the "owner". just like you can take a picture of the Mona Lisa, but you don't own it.
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I agree, but without any ensuing FED/Stimulus intervention for public corporations.JoMoney wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:29 pmI'm not hoping for it, but I think the market needs a healthy correction... 20% seems a bit much though, a 15% step backwards, maybe a little more, is about what I feel is needed to skim the frothiness off the top.flyingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:34 pm Is there anyone who wants to guess what will be the bottom of this downturn? Would it be -10%, -15%, or -20%?
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It's always the same. There are more sellers than buyers.
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Eh…there’s a huge difference between wanting some buying opportunities and wishing for a full on depression.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 amThe market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
What you want is the market returning 15% for another decade and be able to hit your numbers early and shift to a conservative AA.
If your income isn’t high enough to benefit from this the odds are any depression will impact young folks a lot more than older bogleheads with paid off houses and close to SS income.
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Yes, agreed. Last bit of trading on Friday did not look good. Likely, the sell-of continues.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:13 amMarket down on Friday, if there is no good news over the weekend, likely market will be down on Monday as well.FreddieFIRE wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:37 pm It's the weekend, and VTI is only 9.5% off of its all time high. I'll bet anybody a dollar that the bears wimp out and we never even make it to that frightening "correction" land. We've seen this show before.
BTC is down nearly 6% since Friday's market close.
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Wishing for a full on depression is selfish, immature, and likely a display of lack of empathy and understanding of what actually happens to human beings in such a condition. The stories of the Great Depression are devastating and millions suffered terrible hardships that stayed with them forever. Wishing for that so that you can cash in on better personal equity returns is embarrassing.nigel_ht wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:21 amEh…there’s a huge difference between wanting some buying opportunities and wishing for a full on depression.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 amThe market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
What you want is the market returning 15% for another decade and be able to hit your numbers early and shift to a conservative AA.
If your income isn’t high enough to benefit from this the odds are any depression will impact young folks a lot more than older bogleheads with paid off houses and close to SS income.
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A lost decade will hurt millennials as much or more than boomers. I know quite a few folks burned in 2008 that never trusted the market again and sat out the last decade or two.Blue456 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:06 amI feel the same way. I feel cheated buying US stocks at prices they are right now. Hoping for a good lost decade or two. On the other hand for those who are older in here and with high equity allocation it could be absolutely devastating.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 am The market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.
Personally, I don’t wish a lost decade on my kids.
It would become hard to convince them to continue to be savers and being in the market is actually worthwhile if there isn’t any tangible evidence that there will be an outcome worth the effort even if intellectually they understand the concept.
Also you guys would lose any hope of FIRE. Enjoy grinding a full career and not hitting FI till much later. A “lost decade or two” would take several of you hoping for this outcome into your mid to late 50s without reaching FI and risking ageism prematurely ending your career.
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Why would you not just repeat the process with your taxable account, and buy a pre-determined amount every two weeks? It doesn't matter whether it's in a taxable or a retirement account - trying to buy the dips is not likely something you can do consistently. Tax loss harvesting is something different, but that always nets to zero.BogleCPA wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:16 pm If I put in a "buy" order in a Vanguard taxable account right now (45 minutes before market closes), will I be buying in at this moment's exact price or does it default to today's market close price? I want to make sure I get a purchase in based on today's dip, just in case good news comes out over the weekend that would make Monday's opening shoot back up.
Most of my investing career I've just been a DCA investor with auto-401K contributions every two weeks and Roth IRA max outs on 1/1 of every year. I'm new to this whole taxable investing lifestyle and buying the dips, but I don't want to miss out on this action today!
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+1,0009-5 Suited wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:33 amWishing for a full on depression is selfish, immature, and likely a display of lack of empathy and understanding of what actually happens to human beings in such a condition. The stories of the Great Depression are devastating and millions suffered terrible hardships that stayed with them forever. Wishing for that so that you can cash in on better personal equity returns is embarrassing.nigel_ht wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:21 amEh…there’s a huge difference between wanting some buying opportunities and wishing for a full on depression.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 amThe market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pm
Yup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.
What you want is the market returning 15% for another decade and be able to hit your numbers early and shift to a conservative AA.
If your income isn’t high enough to benefit from this the odds are any depression will impact young folks a lot more than older bogleheads with paid off houses and close to SS income.
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This shall pass too
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The 'depression' comment was stupid; what are you going to buy with if you're unemployed in a deflationary environment? I think what he meant was an extended bear market, which is not at all the same thing.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
That said, if the downturns are that painful to you, perhaps you should reduce your equity exposure?
I bought my condo in June 2007. Two years later, I was roughly -70k underwater and had negative net worth for the first time since I paid off my student loans. But when younger people at the office were excited at the amazing deals they were getting on their first properties, I was excited and happy for them; it was a great deal for them, and I was genuinely happy that they were able to buy at depressed prices.
I'm 45 now - old enough that an extended bear market would have a serious negative impact on my FIRE plans. Nevertheless, if someone younger than me is excited to buy at a discount, I'll be cheering right alongside them, and not scolding them for being excited about the opportunity.
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I wish for a depression-like equity drop only caused by negative investor sentiment and not the result of a poor economy and people losing their jobs...there, that is all-better.
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If the risk part didn't ever show up there would be no equity risk premium...
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I deployed some "dry powder" on Friday - that was probably a bit early. We will retest the october lows, after that probably a bounce, but the market might end lower than that later this year. SP500 at 3900? My gut feeling based on looking at the chart, but I don't know anything.
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Re: U.S. stocks in free fall
I would never wish for a depression or anything close to it.. Several pages back, but only a couple days ago I said I'd like the S&P 500 down to 3,200 by the end of the year and then hit all time highs again 3 years later.nigel_ht wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:21 amEh…there’s a huge difference between wanting some buying opportunities and wishing for a full on depression.Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:22 amThe market has returned 15% a year for a decade, plus you guys had the greatest bond bull market in history. You older folks should be just fine. Us younger folks need some good.accumulation years. A downturn as provides us some future returns.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:47 pmI wish you younger folk would stop posting these comments celebrating the downturns. Some of us are older and are no longer in the early accumulation phase. The downturns are painful to us because we may not live long enough to see the full recovery.peskypesky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:24 pmYup. I'm hoping for a full-on depression. Stocks will be so cheap to accumulate.PowderDay9 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm Agreed, we need some bigger drops and for it to stay down for awhile. The US market has been way overvalued for a long time.
What you want is the market returning 15% for another decade and be able to hit your numbers early and shift to a conservative AA.
If your income isn’t high enough to benefit from this the odds are any depression will impact young folks a lot more than older bogleheads with paid off houses and close to SS income.
That's about a 33% drop from the high and 27% from today.
A retiree with a reasonable allocation would be fine in this scenario and should be absolutely prepared for it.
Re: U.S. stocks in free fall
Right now I am still working and contributing and do not need to start drawing on my investments for at least hopefully another 10 years
But it still hurts when I lose >200k in a week
So I understand how people who are retired would feel about comments cheering on for further major declines
May be we can start a thread “I lost X number of $$ this week but still sticking to my IPS”
But it still hurts when I lose >200k in a week
So I understand how people who are retired would feel about comments cheering on for further major declines
May be we can start a thread “I lost X number of $$ this week but still sticking to my IPS”
Re: U.S. stocks in free fall
Folks need to realize everyone is in different situations. Although depressions aren't 'good', people do get rich during them. My famiily, personally, a depression doesn't really hurt since we are all retired (young) and cash heavy. Cash is king during a depressio. That being said, we are more in 'bubbles' territory. Think is almost every asset class is in bubble territory. For Bogleheads , no biggie. Most here invest to get the long term averages, which aren't affected by crashes.
As for our 'elder' retirees, I assume they have assets to get them through 10 yr periods. If they do, they are insulated, and young people have it worse since they lose jobs.
As for our 'elder' retirees, I assume they have assets to get them through 10 yr periods. If they do, they are insulated, and young people have it worse since they lose jobs.
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Re: U.S. stocks in free fall
The user who made the comment has claimed to be 55 and retired. They are "just" trolling.Independent George wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:50 am The 'depression' comment was stupid; what are you going to buy with if you're unemployed in a deflationary environment? I think what he meant was an extended bear market, which is not at all the same thing.
A useful razor: anyone asking about speculative strategies on Bogleheads.org has no business using them.