Is it dumb money leaving the market?

Discussion in 'ETFs' started by Metamega, Feb 26, 2020.

  1. dozu888

    dozu888

    I use IG a lot, it's useful for predicting the likelihood of a shake but not tops/bottoms.... these people are short term traders and they like to fade the market, it's also smoother than AAII.... but the latter, for the same reason of choppiness, can be better in predicting bottoms, in tandem with price action.
     
    #41     Feb 27, 2020
  2. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    everything is about perception. This thing will and is shutting down the global economy before people realize the above.

    we need a vomiting session then start picking up the shares until then stay on sidelines
     
    #42     Feb 27, 2020
  3. d08

    d08

    Where do you get this from?
    Average IQ in UK is 100 and 98 in US. So there's no way it's 110/105 in UK.

    Also, scamming people is a numbers game and does not require a lot of intelligence. They have one fairly smart guy at the top and the rest are just sheep repeating the same lines.
    And you're using anecdotal evidence, as people always do when talking about this subject.
     
    #43     Feb 27, 2020
  4. smallfil

    smallfil

    Those with the most monies rules the stockmarket. That is the truth. Retail traders even if you put your monies together will not be enough to move the markets but, the big hedge funds, brokers, big traders together dictate when a stock will go up and when it crashes. Now, if you were smart, you will stay out of their way and just follow their lead. Talking heads on cable TV telling you what to do are among the biggest idiots around.
     
    #44     Feb 27, 2020
  5. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    Not surprised, do you recall rate cut in Jan 2008, where market sell off was caused by rogue trade in SocGen?

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ger-market-rout-fed-cut-idUSL2455504620080124

    Thee thing is, this time rates are so low already, not much room to cut. The whole cutting during "greatest bull market" in history, was pure madness.
     
    #45     Feb 27, 2020
  6. For sure. The way I read the trend is "a lot of people who were short covered and are now flat". What would show a selloff is if price goes down AND IG % long goes down.
     
    #46     Feb 27, 2020
  7. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    “You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with a 130 IQ. Rationality is essential,”

    Warren Buffett.
     
    #47     Feb 27, 2020
  8. d08

    d08

    Never did claim it's the only metric. As I said, a lazy genius will lose to a hardworking above average guy.
    Also, if you'd change the numbers in that quote to 160 and 80, would you still agree?
     
    #48     Feb 27, 2020
  9. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    A lazy "genius" is no genius ....... just lazy. Test scores don't matter in the real world.
     
    #49     Feb 27, 2020
  10. S2007S

    S2007S


    As I said many times over rates are already at bvb historical lows and what is about to happen here are negative rates, the fed created this situation. Rates should have been at 6-7% today but since the fed wants to juice the markets and keep wallstreet happy rates are under 2% and soon to be negative because they have no where else to go but negative.
     
    #50     Feb 27, 2020
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