marko
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Or more accurately, "HOW is this time different?"
Thought I'd just throw this out to the collective wisdom and see if there is some consensus.
Most of us have been through recessions, Fed actions and market drops. But 'this time' we seem to have more than the usual influences to what should be the invisible hand of the market.
Ukraine, high inflation, high interest rates, gov't spending billions here and there at a crack, environmentalist pressures. Bonds used to be ballast to your portfolio but are now looking better than equities in many cases.
Personally, I think it will all shake out eventually to the positive, but some days, I do wonder if we're entering a different investing environment than what we've seen over the past 20 years. Yes, I held on in '08 and made a nice profit buying low in '20 but was that by the old rules?
Will the old positions of 'just hold on and ride it out' still be valid? Will the days of 7% equity averages be a thing of the past? Will CDs suddenly become the best you can do? Stagflation?
Thought I'd just throw this out to the collective wisdom and see if there is some consensus.
Most of us have been through recessions, Fed actions and market drops. But 'this time' we seem to have more than the usual influences to what should be the invisible hand of the market.
Ukraine, high inflation, high interest rates, gov't spending billions here and there at a crack, environmentalist pressures. Bonds used to be ballast to your portfolio but are now looking better than equities in many cases.
Personally, I think it will all shake out eventually to the positive, but some days, I do wonder if we're entering a different investing environment than what we've seen over the past 20 years. Yes, I held on in '08 and made a nice profit buying low in '20 but was that by the old rules?
Will the old positions of 'just hold on and ride it out' still be valid? Will the days of 7% equity averages be a thing of the past? Will CDs suddenly become the best you can do? Stagflation?