Comments on: Not Caring About the Wild Stock Market Swings

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:32:00 +0000

Over the long run, economic cycles ebb and flow many times. Emotions can often get the best of us at the wrong times, prompting poor decisions. I wrote about this recently at http://www.seeitmarket.com and how planning, learning, and living our life accordingly can manage through. I like your comments about removing emotion from investing.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:38:24 +0000

Perhaps investment products have now gotten so popular, it’s available to such a broad audience, and the speed and reach of news is so big, that bull and bear markets will start to follow each other much faster and much more volatile than in the last century. This often causes panic reactions, and many people don’t know what to do in such a situation (including me sometimes), so they make hasty decisions, adding to the volatility of the markets.

Cheers.

By: optionsdude

optionsdude — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:22:24 +0000

I am not concerned at all about the gyrations in the market especially downward trends in the market. I use protective puts on all my stocks and know that no matter what happens, my losses are limited. I sleep well at night.

By: The Marketeer

The Marketeer — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:44:03 +0000

The problem isn’t the stock market itself, it is how the general public percieves its actions (and inaction). Folks will attribute the stranges things to the movement of a stock. Sometimes, there will be a correlation, sometimes not, but such things do not make a good analysis of a security.

Fear-mongering and sensationalism present in our media only fan the flames, and promote this incorrect, and frankly dangerous way of looking at securities.

The Weekly Marketeer may not be as exciting as CNBC, but it does infer relevant information. I’ll take that trade off

Cheers. The Marketeer.

By: Cathie

Cathie — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:52:37 +0000

This is an old thread, but I’m curious to know whether the latest stock market gyrations have changed anyone’s mind about staying on the roller coaster?

The stock markets of today seem more and more out of touch with the real world (real companies, where stock price reflects earnings and value), and more and more geared towards electronic trading and short term speculative dynamics (stocks are merely electronic numbers on a screen). Can a long-term investor really trust this kind of market, which resembles both a roller-coaster and a casino?

By: marci

marci — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:23:41 +0000

@ Funny..Re: “the thousand bucks a month he’s earning there is allowing him to live quite comfortably, in Indian terms. ”

The $1000/month I earn here is allowing me to live quite comfortably also… but I’m debt free also.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:05:08 +0000

Good advice.

I spent the big plunge day(s) figuring out how I’m going to live after I get laid off. The Big Announcement is supposed to be delivered to at least one committee today; remains to be seen whether us peons will hear about it immediately, but I have a couple of companeros on that committee, at least one of whom is likely to leak.

Social Security will pay about a third of what I need to live on (and no, I’m not in debt); try to earn enough to cover the rest, and the SS will be taken away. COBRA will cost NINE TIMES what I’m paying for health insurance now. If I start drawing down my retirement savings in this volatile market, I will lock in losses with every drawdown.

LOL. Maybe I’ll enrich the American taxpayers by going to India and working in a call center. A friend’s son went back to India after finishing his master’s degree here–the thousand bucks a month he’s earning there is allowing him to live quite comfortably, in Indian terms. Why not?

By: Dario

Dario — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:58:07 +0000

Both Parties have American interest at heart.

Companies reduced cost and 20,000 Mexicans came over to work…The result…The market just dropped 7.5 trillion dollars

I would rather companies grow and hire more people and have the ability to drop 7.5 trillion dollars then have no growth .

This just in, no matter what you think of food prices, they are cheaper now than ever adjusted for inflation. Thank the Mexicans.

IT call centers go to India, companies make more money. The American tax payer gets rich because people who own stocks pay more taxes and they got rich.
People don’t want to talk to people with accents. IT centers are moving back..Thats the free market.

The result? Its prosperity for the majority of Americans. Middle class is feeling pinched because they try and act like the upper class…they have never had it so good.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:02:06 +0000

Stop the madness.

By not voting. Neither party has the Amerian interest at heart. Otherwise one or the other idiot would have called the spade a spade.

We got into this mess because guys with smart lawyers knew how to usurp the system.

Reduce costs, import 20,000 Mexicans.
Reduce IT costs, replace Americans with Indians and then push all the “Cost center jobs” over seas.

The result. This crap.

The usual rebuttal. Well if you don’t like America, leave it.

Bye.

By: marci

marci — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:59:05 +0000

PS – since this has started, I have bought more stocks and upped my 401K contributions. My way of hopefully coming out ahead later on.