Pretty sure you don't know what an index fund is. For example, an S&P 500 fund has ... well 500 holdings. There's all sorts of index funds that have different segments (and different numbers of holdings)
Index funds beat on average actively managed funds about 80% of the time.
Except for Adult ... he always uses his secret strategy (buys low and sells high) and makes a killing
”I didn’t vote for the face-eating leopard for the face-eating.”
You’re going to get what you get with Trump. I didn’t want what you get, so no matter how many things you think you see about him that are favorable, on balance he never appeared to be the better option.
So if somebody criticizes something about Trump, you get to carve out a space for how you assess a candidate by considering multiple factors, favoring some of his policies, not favoring others, and making a judgment about the whole picture. But when you respond to those who disagree with you, your remarks generally make no room for the possibility that they themselves do something similar, and you act as though they’re all merely fools who hope desperately for the worst that Democrats have to offer.
I voted for ending the forever war for profit BS, ending the woke BS, and securing the border.
Trump was 100000% the favorable choice.
99% of the media has been trying to destroy the man 24/7 for 9 years and he still won. Why? Because the Democrats have left the reservation.
Your policies are hot dogsh*t and that isn't debatable.
It's almost impossible to time the highs and lows which is why intelligent people don't even try to do it.
You invest long term and ignore the short term fluctuations.
It is horrifying that you think you're a "market person".
There was a fairly well known research study (well, probably not well known here) in the 90s that determined/concluded that the performance of one's portfolio was 96% based on being well-diversified and 4% based on stock picking and market timing. So, basically you are unable to time the market and unable to pick the good stocks. All about being well-diversified.
Managed funds do not perform much better than index. But then an index fund is just copying what's already in the market. So at some point someone's got to pick the stocks for the index funds to copy?
It's almost impossible to time the highs and lows which is why intelligent people don't even try to do it.
You invest long term and ignore the short term fluctuations.
It is horrifying that you think you're a "market person".
Pretty sure you don't know what an index fund is. For example, an S&P 500 fund has ... well 500 holdings. There's all sorts of index funds that have different segments (and different numbers of holdings)
Says the guy who didn't know the total market funds were index funds...
Pretty sure you don't know what an index fund is. For example, an S&P 500 fund has ... well 500 holdings. There's all sorts of index funds that have different segments (and different numbers of holdings)
Says the guy who didn't know the total market funds were index funds...
??? when did I say anything like that.
But since you mention it, what index would a total market fund be tracking? Feel free to link the prospectus of such a fund ... I'll get my popcorn
There was a fairly well known research study (well, probably not well known here) in the 90s that determined/concluded that the performance of one's portfolio was 96% based on being well-diversified and 4% based on stock picking and market timing. So, basically you are unable to time the market and unable to pick the good stocks. All about being well-diversified.
Managed funds do not perform much better than index. But then an index fund is just copying what's already in the market. So at some point someone's got to pick the stocks for the index funds to copy?
Some of them do. There's funds that almost double the return of the S&P 500...
Says the guy who didn't know the total market funds were index funds...
??? when did I say anything like that.
But since you mention it, what index would a total market fund be tracking? Feel free to link the prospectus of such a fund ... I'll get my popcorn
"Oh its that easy? I just buy low and sell high. All this time! Hilariously, you showed your stupidity re "index fund". When talking about the market drops we are talking about major indices. How do you buy the dip in the way you suggested? Well, you'd buy an index fund. The alternative is to buy a market cap weighted amount of EVERY GD STOCK IN THE MARKET yourself. Yeesh"
I think you were just so inarticulate here I didn't understand what you were screeching.
All the major trading companies have total market index funds... A total market fund does not mean every stock in the world you moron.
You should put your popcorn down and do some reading.
Trump is so panicked over his self inflicted market meltdown that he's preparing to bend the knee to Zelenksy in hopes of getting a win he can brag about:
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and Ukraine plan to sign the much-debated minerals deal following a disastrous Oval Office meeting Friday in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was dismissed from the bu...
In theory, the tariffs should incentivize the domestic American companies and manufacturers to invest in raw materials and other products in the United States instead of the countries the tariffs are being levied on. One of the biggest problems that the American consumer has is that her real income (income adjusted for inflation) has decreased to an all time low due to outsourcing over a period of decades, and trade agreements with foreign companies that had replaced all of the decent paying manufacturing and energy jobs before the Great Job Exodus overseas. The new artificial demand, created by an incentive for both American and international companies to invest in American jobs and equipment rather than pay absorbent prices to Chinese manufacturing firms with the additional tariff costs, will create hundreds of thousands of new domestic American jobs in industries such as manufacturing, energy, and services. It isn't going to happen overnight, but any inflation at all will be mild and temporary. Trump's tariffs during his last administration barely affected prices beyond the short run before wages rose and prices stabilized. The same thing will happen here, only now the tariffs are higher at 25% and more countries are being tariffed.
You will start to see American workers finally be able to be paid a decent living wage by producing products that they themselves will be able to afford just like during the Henry Ford era. And America will be able to sell finished goods and oil overseas as exports and make huge profits. You'll see unemployment go down, the cost of healthcare tumble, life satisfaction and happiness increase, a cleaner environment, less crime, and more peaceful interaction with law enforcement. America will no longer be beholden to foreign industry which has badly abused its foreign own workers and has delivered many poor quality finished products for the American consumer market.
Managed funds do not perform much better than index. But then an index fund is just copying what's already in the market. So at some point someone's got to pick the stocks for the index funds to copy?
Some of them do. There's funds that almost double the return of the S&P 500...
Again, index funds beat actively managed funds about 80% of the time. Those actively managed funds who beat the S & P for 1 or 2 years don't do it for very long.
Some of them do. There's funds that almost double the return of the S&P 500...
Again, index funds beat actively managed funds about 80% of the time. Those actively managed funds who beat the S & P for 1 or 2 years don't do it for very long.
But some of them do... for decades.
Invesco's QQQ index fund has beaten the S&P 500 by almost 450% since it's inception in 1999.
In theory, the tariffs should incentivize the domestic American companies and manufacturers to invest in raw materials and other products in the United States instead of the countries the tariffs are being levied on. One of the biggest problems that the American consumer has is that her real income (income adjusted for inflation) has decreased to an all time low due to outsourcing over a period of decades, and trade agreements with foreign companies that had replaced all of the decent paying manufacturing and energy jobs before the Great Job Exodus overseas. The new artificial demand, created by an incentive for both American and international companies to invest in American jobs and equipment rather than pay absorbent prices to Chinese manufacturing firms with the additional tariff costs, will create hundreds of thousands of new domestic American jobs in industries such as manufacturing, energy, and services. It isn't going to happen overnight, but any inflation at all will be mild and temporary. Trump's tariffs during his last administration barely affected prices beyond the short run before wages rose and prices stabilized. The same thing will happen here, only now the tariffs are higher at 25% and more countries are being tariffed.
You will start to see American workers finally be able to be paid a decent living wage by producing products that they themselves will be able to afford just like during the Henry Ford era. And America will be able to sell finished goods and oil overseas as exports and make huge profits. You'll see unemployment go down, the cost of healthcare tumble, life satisfaction and happiness increase, a cleaner environment, less crime, and more peaceful interaction with law enforcement. America will no longer be beholden to foreign industry which has badly abused its foreign own workers and has delivered many poor quality finished products for the American consumer market.
In theory, yes, but I thought that isn’t how tariffs actually play out. In the next four years, Americans will shift to making all those goods in the United States that they typically imported? Who will be taking those factory jobs? Who will be paying a high enough wage for Americans to take those jobs?
We need to get advice from Nancy Pelosi - her portfolios beat the market and every major hedge fund every year. I'm not a huge stock guy but I think we should listen to her on how to fix the stock market.
Again, index funds beat actively managed funds about 80% of the time. Those actively managed funds who beat the S & P for 1 or 2 years don't do it for very long.
But some of them do... for decades.
Invesco's QQQ index fund has beaten the S&P 500 by almost 450% since it's inception in 1999.
Almost 50% of its top holdings are Mag 7. Of course it beat the S & P during that time.
In theory, the tariffs should incentivize the domestic American companies and manufacturers to invest in raw materials and other products in the United States instead of the countries the tariffs are being levied on. One of the biggest problems that the American consumer has is that her real income (income adjusted for inflation) has decreased to an all time low due to outsourcing over a period of decades, and trade agreements with foreign companies that had replaced all of the decent paying manufacturing and energy jobs before the Great Job Exodus overseas. The new artificial demand, created by an incentive for both American and international companies to invest in American jobs and equipment rather than pay absorbent prices to Chinese manufacturing firms with the additional tariff costs, will create hundreds of thousands of new domestic American jobs in industries such as manufacturing, energy, and services. It isn't going to happen overnight, but any inflation at all will be mild and temporary. Trump's tariffs during his last administration barely affected prices beyond the short run before wages rose and prices stabilized. The same thing will happen here, only now the tariffs are higher at 25% and more countries are being tariffed.
You will start to see American workers finally be able to be paid a decent living wage by producing products that they themselves will be able to afford just like during the Henry Ford era. And America will be able to sell finished goods and oil overseas as exports and make huge profits. You'll see unemployment go down, the cost of healthcare tumble, life satisfaction and happiness increase, a cleaner environment, less crime, and more peaceful interaction with law enforcement. America will no longer be beholden to foreign industry which has badly abused its foreign own workers and has delivered many poor quality finished products for the American consumer market.
The problem isn't salaries, but how expensive everything in US is. And it will get even more expensive.
Yes, the low wages in US is extremely low, but look to Scandinavia. Our minimum-wage are much closer to average salary, and extremely few people make 100k USD. But at the same time the cost of living is much lower. If you will have to pay 25% more for stuff you need then it will be extremely expensive for you
