Oh I didn’t know
I always assumed bear market is over when ATH are achieved again
Interesting to know
Bear market already over?
They don’t make bear markets the way they used to be.
“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words… When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly disrespectful and impatient of restraint”. (Hesiod, 8th century BC).
They even buy all the dips before they can really dip. Those darn impatient youth of today!
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Depends, you planning on buying anything soon? 
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Yep, for me the bear market is over. Today the SP500 reached over 95% of its last high, that is one of my measurements. Normal operation resumes…
10 year Treasury yields are up to almost the level when Trump folded last.
/party poop mode
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Can we pause for a sec and mull over the fact a POTUS told the world to buy stocks days/hours before a rip up, twice?! Is this some hare brained “strategy” to absolve from liability in the future?
I don’t think that’s bad, if anything it shows he’s aware of the gimp with the big stick (bond market).
Same POTUS launched a crypto and would have rugged-pulled it if we didn’t have to assume anybody buying anything from him at this point is doing so willingly.
I don’t think giving insider stock advice even registers on the scale of his financial grifts anymore.
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I see a difference, stocks are regulated, insider trading is very illegal. I feel that by broadcasting it to the word he can fall back and say “hey, I just told EVERYONE in the world to buy stocks, it’s not insider trading”. The first time was more blatant because that was info he had, and was in his control, while this time it needed another country to play ball.
Or, did Buffett’s “buy American, I am” in 2008 or whenever it was raise any eyebrows?
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It’s quite simple , normal rules don’t apply to POTUS
Normal employees are told not to accept gifts of any significant value from a supplier or client. POTUS says „I will be stupid to refuse a free plane“
Normal folks would go to jail for insider training. But POTUS can announce on twitter.
Basically we have a person who wants to be treated and seen like a god. And he believes he has complete immunity and he acts like that.
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Because Supreme Court basically gave him exactly that with the whole Mueller thing.
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And that’s where we stop with politics.
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(softly setting automation to buy QQQ on margin based on Twitter alarms)
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this is amazing… Mr. Market seems to anticipate that no matter what Trump says / said, none of that would ever materialize. Probably even that we will be back to pretty much zero tariffs in 90 days. On a Personal Investment level, I am currently roughly at 1.7% return… that just doesn’t make much sense if you ask me haha.
I dunno, I think people were already pricing in 10-20% tariffs ahead of “liberation day”, and now the China tariffs are 10% (+the 20% applied before “liberation day”).
So we got lower end of tariff expectations + a ton of still remaining uncertainty.
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To bring in an alternative view into the echo chamber…
The USA are actually to most open country in terms of trade. China is very restrictive for foreign businesses. Also the EU and CH has many more tarifs or non tarif measure to restrict US imports…
The de minimis rule with 800 usd free of duty imports, no warranty, no returns, etc. Basically kills local small businesses in some areas.
So, there was a significant unfair treatment of the us.
Also, europe did rely fully on the USA for its defense capabilities and underspent for years.
The USA pointed out nordstrean 2 should not go into business and the reliance on russian gas. Germany literally laughed at them in the UNO assembly.
Maybe it takes a madman to change the big issues as any same politician doesnt dare to. The way it happened certainly wasnt nice, but i think the outcome will be positive in the long run.
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Would it be possible to share what restrictions EU apply to US imports other than the regulations that apply to EU production as well (VAT, food items with certain chemicals, REACH rules) ?
On daily basis we buy in Europe a lot of American goods & services , so I would be curious to know what actually is not allowed to come.
I agree US was most open country. This is what made US great.
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Good thing for bad reason and with bad way is still a good thing, is what you’re saying?
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Not anymore.
You are arguing from a previous state.
Now the minimum blanket tariff is 10% and for most it will be higher. While at the same time forcing the trade deal country to basically 0% tariff (like UK)
That‘s far from “open to trade”. That‘s a mafia bully forcing a cut for themselves and forcing the other party to comply.