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Strategies & Market Trends : Rande Is . . . HOME
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To: Rande Is who wrote (57507)11/19/2008 10:24:32 PM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) of 57584
 
Japan's NIKKEI 225 is 20% lower in 2008 than it was back in 1985 finance.yahoo.com How is that possible? Right now, many U.S. index are back to 1997 levels (you'd do better in cash over this time period). So much for the buy and hold strategy. Over time you'd expect organic growth to push a stock market up, despite the dips and peaks along the way. I feel like stock markets are a scam. Barely anything real behind them, but a lot of stock touters, hype and manipulation both ways, up and down. The important thing is to be on the right side of the prevailing trend.

Maybe the uptick rule will be restored under an Obama adminstration, and some of the maniuplators will be driven out of the market. Hedge Fund regulation of some kind seems likely. The stock market historically does better under Democratic administrations, and witnessing the past few years, I understand why. Stock markets need the steady hand of regulation and oversight to instill confidence in the investing public to put their money into stocks. At this point, a lot of psychological damage has been done to the U.S. stock markets that could last for many years. I mean who thought stocks were so full of hype that they'd come down this far? Many will think twice or three times before putting money back into the stock market in any meaningful way. Can anyone blame them? It's nice to earn a steady 4% rather than lose sleep over the extreme stock market swings that are well beyond many people's comfort levels.

Here's to a better 2009. I heard on Bloomberg radio that many hedge funds and financial firms end their year at the end of November, so any rebound could start in December as they reposition for 2009.
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