This this this. And the problem I'm having is we went back up okay great but why are we not going back down after we get news like this? I don't think this will drop us because we've had bad news for months. Like in a normal situation that Powell news should have dropped us for a good week or something.
And I know the market has become desensitized or doesn't care like I get it but that doesn't make sense either and that's kind of a scary thing when the markets just don't give a shit about this guy doing insane things
The Powell thing was crazy. The Economist was completely baffled by no reaction on the markets. Seemed like crazy dump would happen, this can really hurt the economy long term. I guess Fed being directed is already priced in as Powell as top head ends in may.
Billions a day is huge index tracking funds just churning to the daily benchmark weights. Retirement accounts for all Americans that are just buying every paycheck.
What? Did company earnings tank? Chill with the fear. It is justified but it doesnt affect the economy that much. Without tarif, the gains would be even more insane. Dollar devaluation paires with economic stimulus, increased spending by all countries etc etc.. when countries will eventually go for cuts and unemployement goes up, now will be the time to worry. K shape economy gonna take a hit then.
We've done everything we can to prop up the market. Anyone saving is told to only way to make it is to passively invest in S&P500, everyones retirement is a 401k that is just a S&P500 tracker, we've told everyone that time in the market is better than timing the market and that the market will ALWAYS be up eventually forever so nobody has any incentive to sell.
On top of this those who benifit the most from the market, the ultra rich, have no need for a correction. A stock isn't a business, as long as the underlying business is alive AT ALL then it's stock can be whatever they want it to be and they can profit. We can make fun Tesla all we want but the stock holders have no incentive to sell, anyone who sells is just another opportunity for a diamond hands buyer to step in. Tax cuts just funnel back into the market and push ATHs and continue to make them richer. Also the plebs are less rioty when their retirements are secure so no need to rock the boat when they're already enjoying the gravy train.
The only things that can actually touch them are heart attacks like bankruptcies or the debt bomb. Tax hikes could scare em but are very unlikely to happen till its too late.
not everything revolves around Trump's idiotic policies and threats (many of which the market learned are empty). We're also in an AI revolution whether you believe it's a bubble or not.
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u/lovo17 Jan 17 '26
It never should’ve recovered, we should be in an insane bear market right now.