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calguy

(5,309 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:18 PM Aug 2020

How much has this stock market rise cost us?

Just for kicks, a person I trade futures with decided to do the math. He added up all the stimulus the FED has pumped into the markets since the S&P lows of just under 2200. If you divide the points gained on the S&P by the dollars the FED has thrown into it, he comes up with this number:

We, the taxpayers, have paid $3.2 BILLION for every point the S&P has gained
Such a deal. Let that sink in.

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How much has this stock market rise cost us? (Original Post) calguy Aug 2020 OP
Pretty much the story. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #1
I think you are probably right calguy Aug 2020 #3
As per our Senior VP Broker Friend in Denver says. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #4
Seems inevitable calguy Aug 2020 #5
As the Money Well Dries up, Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #6
Does that include the corporate bonds the FED has been buying? Lasher Aug 2020 #2
Trillions have been fed into the market by the FED, much will beachbumbob Aug 2020 #7

calguy

(5,309 posts)
3. I think you are probably right
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:37 PM
Aug 2020

although I can't say for sure. I trade mostly futures contracts these days.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. As per our Senior VP Broker Friend in Denver says.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:44 PM
Aug 2020

She be one hollowed out POS ready to go bang next year. To many Bankruptcies hiding in the weeds and those weeds are a dying exposing what the markets have been hiding in plain site.

calguy

(5,309 posts)
5. Seems inevitable
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:50 PM
Aug 2020

Markets hitting all time highs while the economy is on the brink of a depression??
Something's gotta give.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. As the Money Well Dries up,
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:59 PM
Aug 2020

the Amazon and the Walmart's new online Amazon Clone will take a major hit.

And Tesla will run up for some time as their is a ton of PPE and CARES act money flowing in that direction. Once that quits,as Jim Janos says,watch out below.

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