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I think we are close to the bottom here unless there is systemic risk with the banks/brokers, then all bets are off.

Much of this decline is due to an overheated market that found a reason to sell off. And it looks like it is a good reason for a haircut as there will be real damage to economies and companies.

If you look at the action all last week, the selloffs were right into the close. Usually that is margin related stuff. And on Friday, gold got hammered. If it's just all panic over a pandemic, that should not have been the case. I believe funds liquidated gold since it has been a winner to raise funds to perhaps hold on to other positions they have. Don't forget many funds and their algos have played the short VIX and long big techs with incredible success for years. When that trade went bad last week, they had to head for the exits at the same time......

The problem is earnings are going to collapse, and with them prices. the virus panic will slam travel, entertainment, eating out. Who's going to buy a car wearing a mask? The priorities are going to be finding food and avoiding diseased people, not buying stuff.

 

Just like in China there will be a total collapse in demand that will slam  almost everything. Schools closed, which means day care will close, which means workers wont go to work, which means reduced output across the board.

 

In 3-4 months there will be an announced  vaccine, which will still be 8-10 months away from actual distribution and use, right before that will be the time to buy.

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Wouldn't Health Care stocks be good under Bernie since coverage will be guaranteed for everyone and guaranteed to be paid??

 

I understand that incentive to innovate may not quite be there for certain companies, but expanded pool and guaranteed $$$ has to be key for some/most, no??

What are you, crazy, expanding the pool of people that get free health care hurts everyone, especially the govt.  However, when a million mostly old and sick people die in the nest 18 months,  long term health care obligations will be a bit less.

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What are you, crazy, expanding the pool of people that get free health care hurts everyone, especially the govt.  However, when a million mostly old and sick people die in the nest 18 months,  long term health care obligations will be a bit less.

It won't be implemented unless viable, so IF viable, shouldn't that be good?

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It won't be implemented unless viable, so IF viable, shouldn't that be good?

If bernie, a communist is elected, this country will split apart., He'll never get a chance to implement anything.

 

By the way, bernie and especially biden will be extremely vulnerable to this virus, I expect at least one of them to get it. Trump wont, he's a  germaphobe and is protected by God to boot.

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I think we are close to the bottom here unless there is systemic risk with the banks/brokers, then all bets are off.

 

Systemic risk IS the danger though. The knock on effects in the current global system are totally unknown. From the overloading of the health care infrastructure, to huge hits to productivity, the compounding effect on massive nation level debt, and even geopolitical instability and social order breakdown due to unchecked migration and movement to/within Europe. Turkey is opening the lid on that Pandora's box as we speak. This is one reason walls on borders are so important - they are a crucial defense in times of a global crisis.

 

It's like playing Russian roulette and saying "everything will probably be fine". Well, yeah, probably...

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fukk lower the rates to zero and throw the whole thing on the PO69 sized Fed Balance sheet.

 

The 3 rate reductions in 2019 didn't stimulate anything economically. I bet the Fed wishes they had those bullets back. The one shot repatriation of 1 trillion and a 1.5 million tax break did nothing for the economy. That shit all went where again?

 

Would any one like to support the Apocalyptic US debt out of the kindness of your heart? We can offer you .25%.

 

None of this may fix the damage the virus scenario may cause to the economy geez it seems to be a global thing.

 

And with the few remaining bullets in our chamber we gotta get the markets to record highs by October.

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The United States has far more interest rate BULLETS than pretty much every country in the world.

 

And the reason no country has returned to normal rates is because of a SOCIALIST response to the housing crisis in 2008.

 

But, yeah, "Go Bernie!" and all that stupid shit. "He's gonna save us!", says a crazy person.

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The craziest person on this board, pretty much called this shit a year ago and stated just yesterday that Beantown Jim would have just as good a shot as fixing this fukk ups mess as Bernie or the fukk up.

 

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Do you pretty much want a cookie?

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When special folk need an excuse for a market crash, the coronavirus is the Apocalypse that paralyzes entire national economies.

 

When n the same special folk need reason for the markets to rise, perhaps to record levels,  that changes to everything is fine, these things blow over in a few months.

 

 

Chitty funny as fukk.

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