woodguru

Take a look at all the people with huge stock options, typically Owners and CEO's sell off major blocks when it looks like the market is going to tank, it should be illegal. They should have to file an article of intent and wait six months to give investors a chance to respond.

woodguru

Did you v**e for Trump? That's what just happened, if you lost your butt wait until the market really tanks, this is nothing.

woodguru

Just another periodic selloff...yeah right

...it's what happens with Ponzi schemes.

woodguru

It must be great to live in such a simple world...

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

They (Europe) are waking up and dumping the stocks too.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Ooo-kaaay. But what does one have to do with the other? Stocks are tanking worldwide right now, but only French protesters are wearing yellow vests. By the way, those vests are manufactured by somebody, that might turn out to be a good stock pick!

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Go to YT and watch some of Dr. Stephen Turley's videos. He is a statistician and puts out really accurate info on what is going on in Europe. Brussels is where the EU is located and the Belguim PM stepped down about a week or two ago due to the Yellow Vest movement. If I were an investor there are only two countries I'd invest in, the US and Israel. Both are coming on really strong. All Silicon Valley tech companies are facing serious legal problems in the near future. A worldwide financial reset is coming soon, probably in May. Or you can think I'm a Nutjob, Ooo-kaaay, ha. France mandates all drivers have a yellow vest in their autos. Macron probably has that stock cornered. Just saying. Stay away from Israel's binary options, that's a huge s**m and is finally being shut down. The US is about to return to the gold standard and the Federal Reserve will be seriously restructured. No more fiat paper money. Mining stocks are almost always a good investment. Just do your due diligence research. Stocks are tanking because they know a reset is coming and the smart money is getting out for now so they can make a k*****g after the big drop in stock prices.

debeda

Market manipulation

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Hmm. A statistician with really accurate information. Now that is a rare bird indeed!


That's a bit of a stretch. He resigned for sure, but there's more to it than a bunch of nationalists invading the halls of European Union power.
Not quite. He tendered his resignation to the king who told him to quit being such a crybaby and get back to his office, or words to that effect. Bottom line is that Charles Michel's resignation is 'on hold'. King Philippe has the authority to hold, accept, or immediately refuse his resignation, and he chooses to keep him in office for now. This is a result of his immigration policies and has nothing to do with the French 'yellow vest' protests.


For now. It's a cycle and the Fed has been keeping their interest rates exceedingly low for a very long time. Once those rates start to rise, then the market will tank. Even so, did you see my latest post?


Nutjob? No, not really. I've been talking about the demise of the American fiat dollar experiment for the last ten years or so but it still hasn't happened; take a look at the legal tender laws if you want to know why...


I bow to your greater knowledge on that one.


Ah, the 'all or nothing' so-called 'investment'. All stock market activity is little more than gambling for those who don't move $billions around on a daily basis so no change there. You're right though, it is a s**m.


I'm not exactly sold on the gold standard. There are other options, though gold is the definitive 'money' metal. You're spot on about the fiat dollar going south though. It is going to happen, but timing is impossible to predict. As for 'restructuring' the Federal Reserve, I'd like to see it abolished completely and a new law put in place of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 that anyone who so much as thinks about starting it up again be hung by the neck until well and truly dead.


If you must buy stocks, miners are a solid bet, as are utilities. Like I say, if you must.


Close, very close, but no cigar. The market will 'tank' when the 'smart money' gets out because there will be a glut of unsold stocks and a dearth of willing 'investors'. Like I was saying, when you move $billions around every day, you get to make those 'little' decisions, like choosing when the market takes a dive. They'll sell off, wait a month or two, then buy back in at a very nice profit, ready to 'shear the sheep' all over again.

The best advice I ever got about investing in the stock market is don't.

You can't lose what you didn't bet.

Bcon

In case you haven’t noticed, the market listens very little to the small investor. When giant insurance companies, banks, Goldman Sachs, etc buy and sell with computer generated buys and sells, it is really a controlled market. And the small investor has absolutely no control over it. There are people in the market that can make the bottom drop out at will. It has happened before when some tried to monopolize gold or silver. There are ways around any laws that can be used.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Dr. Turley doesn't track markets, he tracks social trends.
I've only played the market once, years ago. Lost sleep. Broke even. Not for me. For all the reasons you mentioned.
Didn't catch that about his resignation not being accepted, maybe he needs a fall guy or thinks the captain should go down with his ship?
Enjoyed your thoughts and opinion. I can learn from someone like you!

debeda

Year's ago I used to buy IPOs then sell them immediately. Drove my broker friend nuts but I always made money, very, very few losers if you sell right away. I always saw the stock market at something that could be manipulated by FAR FAR bigger fish, and being a teeny weeny baby minnow i never got involved.

Bcon

A usually good read is published in our local paper. It is a column by Malcolm Berko.

People write to him about different investments and his answers pull no punches. His research is usually very thorough and any advice he gives has usually proven profitable.
He takes no money for this. It is an informative and interesting column.

Bcon

debeda

You're lucky to have him!!