The market is starting to collapse

[Tommy Tainant]

So what if they were losing money. Doesn't mean because of the lack of knowledge or anything bad. 90% of new businesses fail int he first 5 years. The one's left, 90% of they fail in the next 5 years. Entrepreneurs try lots of thing during their life times. Some are successful and some are not. So what? And, if some require bankruptcy, that's what that law is in place for. So what? Doesn't mean the business was run poorly. Horse and buggy companies were doing great until something else came along that made them obsolete. Some just closed their doors and others filed bankruptcy. It wasn't because they were bad leaders of their companies. You are just grasping for straws.

Businesses require a degree of certainty in the business environment.

Thats what they use to plan hiring and plant replacement.

When there isnt that certainty they sit on their cash. That causes what we call RECESSION.
Thats generally considered a bad thing.

Of course they still have to contend with the other factors you listed as well.

 

[initforme]

Why is my brokerage account declining? Tariffs? What is causing this?

 

[Cougarbear]

Businesses require a degree of certainty in the business environment.

Thats what they use to plan hiring and plant replacement.

When there isnt that certainty they sit on their cash. That causes what we call RECESSION.
Thats generally considered a bad thing.

Of course they still have to contend with the other factors you listed as well.

There has been a lot of cash on the sidelines for a couple of years now. That didn't just happen. Trump is shaking up the rut the country has been in for 4 years. The world for that matter. And, in just the first month, breaking down the jobs market more than the communist news network wants to, private sector jobs increased while government jobs decreased. The Government doesn't produce a thing for the economy except debt. For decades, people in government jobs wanted out and move to private sector jobs because the pay and benefits were better in the private sector. Then, we bent the Constitution and allowed unions into the government. For the past couple of decades, people want government jobs because they now pay better and have better benefits than private sector jobs. The result is a bloated federal bureaucracy running the country instead of our elected officials. The people let go from their government jobs will just have to find private sector jobs to replace the work. That's where entrepreneurs come into the equations. Yes, some will be successful and others won't. The market will decide. It will take time to shake things out and put them back together. Trump is the one to do it. He's not afraid of hard work and even failure here and there. That's the positive concerning the businesses that went out of business. He's prepared to navigate the tough task to put the Constitution and the country back on the right path. If we have to go through a recession, so be it. We will come out way better than we went in.

 

[Cougarbear]

Why is my brokerage account declining? Tariffs? What is causing this?

Here's a picture of how the market's work over time. Think of a trampoline tilted upwards at a 10% angle. You get on the trampoline and start bouncing from the low end to the high end. The more you hit the trampoline harder, the lower you go but then you bounce higher. And, because the trampoline is tilted, you eventually go up and up and up. That's the economy and that is what investors try to figure out how low and how high. As an investor yourself, you should recognize three things:
1. Dividends being paid buy in at a lower cost per share. You will be buying more shares with the dividends over time.
2. Capital Gains may be realized and reinvested like the dividends buying up more shares at a lower price.
3. When the investments go down, buy more. Put more money in to buy more stocks at a lower price.
Now, when the markets turn around and go up, your new shares with the old ones are worth more than if there wasn't a downturn.
Why markets go up and down when you are diversified is really not important over time. You can take any 20 year block of time and see that the markets, S&P500 or Dow Industrial Average has always been positive for the entire 20 years. Now, you should be happy when they go up or down. You benefit either way.

 

[initforme]

Here's a picture of how the market's work over time. Think of a trampoline tilted upwards at a 10% angle. You get on the trampoline and start bouncing from the low end to the high end. The more you hit the trampoline harder, the lower you go but then you bounce higher. And, because the trampoline is tilted, you eventually go up and up and up. That's the economy and that is what investors try to figure out how low and how high. As an investor yourself, you should recognize three things:
1. Dividends being paid buy in at a lower cost per share. You will be buying more shares with the dividends over time.
2. Capital Gains may be realized and reinvested like the dividends buying up more shares at a lower price.
3. When the investments go down, buy more. Put more money in to buy more stocks at a lower price.
Now, when the markets turn around and go up, your new shares with the old ones are worth more than if there wasn't a downturn.
Why markets go up and down when you are diversified is really not important over time. You can take any 20 year block of time and see that the markets, S&P500 or Dow Industrial Average has always been positive for the entire 20 years. Now, you should be happy when they go up or down. You benefit either way.

Alit of bs here...wow

 

[Cougarbear]

Alit of bs here...wow

All fact. Check out Franklin Templeton information. Straight from them. Wake up. You aren't that smart...