Are You a Parasite?

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by silvercoin, Dec 17, 2019.

  1. Well I suppose traders are samathing as passive investor just on a much shorter TF? That is they serve the same purpose?
     
    #41     Dec 17, 2019
  2. Overnight

    Overnight

    Neither is a parasite. The author is just a bitter folk who is whining that he lost money in the markets. Because nobody who made a bunch of money in the markets would write such crud.
     
    #42     Dec 17, 2019
  3. volpri

    volpri

    ROFLMAO
     
    #43     Dec 17, 2019
  4. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    I hinted at it. I find trader behavior much more parasitic than investor behavior. One is giving a 1"loan" to make a company grow. Of course a company would not be able to cash in those loans without traders
     
    #44     Dec 17, 2019
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  5. ph1l

    ph1l

    They offer a way to stop being a parasite, of course.
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    :rolleyes:
     
    #45     Dec 17, 2019
  6. This part is driving me nuts looking at the markets. There is so much money going into these highly correlated investments which is (supposedly) being constantly driven higher by actions of the Federal reserve.

    Obviously, once interest rates rise we get a huge crash. But outside of that, is there anything that can stop this bubble?

    Inflation is measured by the Fed using rich people measures so we get two economies (c.f. Dalio). So inflation will never rise until we get issues that affect rich people, i.e., wages of the minions. But that isn't out of control yet, at least outside the FAANG-MS bubble.

    The only hope we have for interest rates rising, causing a stampede-like exit from these correlated positions is wage inflation, at least as far as I can tell. And we aren't seeing enough of that yet according to Powell. Besides, automation may push that out further yet.

    What else?

    TL;DR, the bubble has at least two more years but I have no idea what will pop it.
     
    #46     Dec 17, 2019
  7. volpri

    volpri

    There is no bubble! Just MAGA. Thank Mr T.
     
    #47     Dec 17, 2019
  8. Overnight

    Overnight

    Mr. T is the pin that will pop this bubble. You'll see. :)
     
    #48     Dec 17, 2019
  9. LOL I think they said something like that when he was elected first time.
     
    #49     Dec 17, 2019
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  10. tommcginnis

    tommcginnis

    You've never heard of The Invisible Hand, have you. :wtf:
    That's your assignment.
    "Capital Mobility"; Friedrich von Hayek; Adam freeking Smith.
     
    #50     Dec 18, 2019
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