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Waterboy · 05-02-2025, 07:16 AM

Too bad it’s Friday with the way the market has been this week!

Waterboy · 05-02-2025, 08:53 AM

Nobody could have seen this coming.

https://www.investopedia.com/dow-jones-t...5-11726899

Canthony · 05-05-2025, 06:35 PM

I try and stay away from this side of the board. I just have one thing to say, every country has tariffs and ours were crazy low in comparison. It is just time to get back our money. I think we have helped the world long enough. That is all. Carry on.

Waterboy · 05-06-2025, 07:27 AM

(05-05-2025, 06:35 PM)Canthony Wrote: I try and stay away from this side of the board. I just have one thing to say, every country has tariffs and ours were crazy low in comparison. It is just time to get back our money. I think we have helped the world long enough. That is all. Carry on.

Yes, this is spot on and rational. lol To get back to an even playing field Trump is rocking the boat in a way to get a deal. He's doing so at a time when he can afford to take a few hits to his approval rating. This will wrap up well in advance of the mid-terms and the economy already having dealt with the core inflationary item of energy will have put inflation behind it and see significant growth due to relocation of many industries back to the US. It won't be all at once. First current factories will fill back up and then new ones will be built. The fact that we've been being robbed for so long and won't be going forward makes tariffs good for us.

badgervike · (This post was last modified: 05-15-2025, 04:46 PM by badgervike.)

Dow is basically flat with YTD and Inflation rate is down about 25% since the beginning of the year......with April's number just released at 2.3%. Average inflation number under Biden was 4.9% ...but that was just a "transitory" inflation according to the Dems...unlike the very serious inflation we have now...that isn't really inflation and the 401k killer tariffs. Funny to look at the first few pages of this thread. Lot's of gnashing the teeth..

Trump is chaotic as all hell. That's both his strength and his weakness. He shakes things up. It's a lot of tumult...but he does get results. The economy was undeniably better under his first Presidency. We'll see about the second time around.

Waterboy · 05-16-2025, 04:35 PM

(05-15-2025, 04:35 PM)badgervike Wrote: Dow is basically flat with YTD and Inflation rate is down about 25% since the beginning of the year......with April's number just released at 2.3%. Average inflation number under Biden was 4.9% ...but that was just a "transitory" inflation according to the Dems...unlike the very serious inflation we have now...that isn't really inflation and the 401k killer tariffs. Funny to look at the first few pages of this thread. Lot's of gnashing the teeth..

Trump is chaotic as all hell. That's both his strength and his weakness. He shakes things up. It's a lot of tumult...but he does get results. The economy was undeniably better under his first Presidency. We'll see about the second time around.

I threw a bunch of money in on the dip and am far up monetarily even though the market is still 2,000 below its high point. Buy the dips folks, it’s where you make money. Trump being a chaos agent can make you a lot of money, but you have to realize there is always method to his madness.

Waterboy · 05-19-2025, 08:35 AM

Gotta love the timing of the Moody's downgrade. lol The debt has been an issue for some time, but this is a political maneuver and once again only because it's Trump.

https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sto...day-051925

Waterboy · 07-03-2025, 08:59 AM

This has aged nicely. I threw as much as I could in after the initial hysteria the media created about the tariffs. Made far more money than I would have with slow growth to these historical highs. Wait until the interest rates come down. Powell couldn't get Kamala elected with his half point cut so now he's holding the country captive because he has TDS as well. When the market takes huge hits. Wait a bit for things to settle out and throw money at it.

*JimmyinSD* · 07-03-2025, 09:44 AM

I think most of the dips are manufactured to create hysteria and open windows for the wealthy to get even richer by throwing more in at a lower buy in. It would be interesting to be an FTC agent and be able to watch all the pre dip trades and follow the trail to see if those selling off early were somehow tied to the causes of the dip.

Waterboy · 07-03-2025, 10:10 AM

(07-03-2025, 09:44 AM)JimmyinSD Wrote: I think most of the dips are manufactured to create hysteria and open windows for the wealthy to get even richer by throwing more in at a lower buy in. It would be interesting to be an FTC agent and be able to watch all the pre dip trades and follow the trail to see if those selling off early were somehow tied to the causes of the dip.

For sure, but you don't even need to be a Market guy to know to buy the dip. Let it spiral. Wait a little and throw your money into an index fund. People really don't understand that dips are where you can really make money with more limited risk.