Investment BS Thread - Stocks/Futures/Mutual Funds/Bonds/Commodities/Options/ETFs/401ks/Etc

Here's an interesting article on dividend stocks in the CV-19 era.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-dividend-cuts-suspensions-chalked-191621394.html

 

The great depression lasted 10yrs ... what would have been the best scenario for people invested back then ? After the hit down 22% should they have rolled to CD'S, MM acct or let it ride, and if so back then, didn't most companies go under ?

Curious because the prevailing experts are saying loooooooooooooong bear coming for sure !!

 

It was fueled by massive gov’t spending on new entitlements. I’d dive deeper into this, but...

 

how far back do we have to go until politics becomes history instead?

 

On the seventh day...

 

Liquidity. In that scenario, you want access to cash when things are cheap. Either physical investments or stock. Having the ability to invest is number 1.

 

1929 Depression was worldwide as is this, who cares about politics ... was asking best move to make for the 1929 people looking hindsight ?

Just curious the best move they could've done after the sh*t hit the fan ? ... maybe jumping out of a 55 floor window was the best scenario.

 

It was if you had everything tied up in the stock market and lost your job. If you were able to buy up the house of the guy who jumped, for cheap, or the farm that was being sold for next to nothing, or invest in new businesses that were going to pop up after buying their equipment for pennies on the dollar from other shuttered businesses. Then you came out on the right side of history

 

Didn't like almost every company go under ? ... and value of cash go to near zilch ? Not a historian, or was it just a 22% drop that lasted 10 yrs ?

The way people talk about it, you'd think the market was 0% and had to start over 10yrs later ?!

 

Tacoma world has an anti politics rule where we can’t discuss politics....it was a joke about how far back does it not become politics anymore...

 

I would have kept buying right through it. Based on my investing philosophy, I can withstand a 90% decline no problem.

That’s not a joke either, once the money is invested, I consider it gone, so no reason to ever sell for a loss.

 

two schools to it. Invest for the capital gains or invest for the dividends. Neither is right or wrong. I flip flop. Right now stocks on sale and I can load up for dividends. But also once we stabilize I might be tempted to dump some and buy a boat.

 

Would suck if stayed down 90% for 10 years ...or worse.

 

If the gov't spending continues, you just might see that. We need this economy back up and running, but at a pace that is sustainable with the V.

 

Yup, but if the Great Depression taught us anything, it’s that the market always comes back.

 

Hope so!! I'll buy some up if that happens

 

Agree but would rather take loss (million dollar acct example) at 20% put 800K in MM Acct than leave in Stocks that tank 90% where you'd only have 100k for the next 10 years ... good luck ever getting back to 800K let alone 1M.

 

I think they loosened that up in this thread if you post reference links to politically driven things that affect the market.

 

The problem is you have no idea how bad it will be or how long it will last. We can only say 10 years because we are looking back on it, nobody knew at the time. I am being realistic and admitting that I’ll never know what’s coming, so I’ve picked a strategy that I’ll stick to no matter what.

 

We are screwed!!!