STOCK MARKET WATCH - Tuesday, 10 March 2020

[Tansy_Gold]

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Previous SMW:
SMW for 9 March 2020




AT THE CLOSING BELL ON: 9 March 2020


Dow Jones 23,851.02 -2,013.76 (7.79%)
S&P 500 2,746.56 -225.81 (7.60%)
Nasdaq 7,950.68 -624.94 (7.29%)

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DU Economics Group Contributor Megathreads:

Progree's Economic Statistics (with links!)
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This thread contains opinions and observations. Individuals may post their experiences, inferences and opinions on this thread. However, it should not be construed as advice. It is unethical (and probably illegal) for financial recommendations to be given here.

[TexasTowelie]

1. I hate that people are losing money in the stock market,

but if it provides a reason for GOP voters to dump Trump then I'll be able to bear it.

[Warpy]

2. "have to bear it" I see what you did there.

but it's very plucky of anyone to look at this page today, let alone post it. I told people at another site not to look at the stock market until well after noon as I saw the futures trading dip below -5%, going nowhere but down. Tomorrow likely won't be nearly as bad but the overall trend will be down for a while. All that tax cut money that with to the 0.1% and corporations just went "poof" and that's a good thing. If anything, it shows them that money as an end in itself is foolish, maybe now they'll be a little less risk averse and start to provide seed money to scale up some of the new technology coming along.

[TexasTowelie]

3. Oops, I didn't even realize the additional context in that statement.

I was fortunate when the market crashed in 2008. While I lost some money in my 401k, I was also purchasing stock in the insurance company that I worked for. That company was a counter-party in the derivative trading that crushed AIG back then and the price of that stock doubled in about a six-month period. I saw signs that the real estate market was over-inflated back in 2003 and when I read the insurance company's annual report I noticed the potential of a payout on the derivative trading, plus I considered it as a hedge if the stock market dropped. I started having a small portion of my paycheck withheld through the ESOP in 2004 and over a four-year period the amount I withheld had a growth rate of 30% per year.

For a guy that didn't ever take an economics class, buying stock at $120 a share and seeing it sold at $275 a share was a pleasant experience.

[Warpy]

5. I have stocks my dad bought in the 1940s

so you can imagine how far their paper price has gone up. Still, they're only worth what you get for them on the day that you sell them, something dinned into my little head while I was still in diapers.

Not needing to use net worth to leverage debt is a great feeling. It helps me keep a cool head when panicky people are selling stocks and going into a very depressed bond market.

Futures look like the bargain hunters will be out in force tomorrow, over 2% in all 3 markets. I've got some shopping money put by, but I don't think this is quite over yet.

[sandensea]

4. And it figures. Because Cheeto's fortunes have never been more than bubbles.

And when they pop, they've always been spectacular.

It's the Taj Mahal economy with this one.