Play this if the market is getting you down :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOiW_xY-kc
You are not alone!
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Play this if the market is getting you down :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOiW_xY-kc
You are not alone!
Anecdotally I've been hearing massive institutional selling from brokers and my wife tells me FB is full of people wanting to buy shares because they are cheap.
How I've looked at this market is I hold a few shares that are very high conviction either for growth or dividend. I've used it to average down and have ended up holding substantially more for the similar level of investment. I have also jumped into another couple of shares I have been watching for some time but have felt were overvalued. I'm not a trader in any way but I've sold and repurchased the same shares. I now own 30% more OCA shares for less capital tied up and a similar percentage of HGH for similar money laid down. I didn't sell my WBC shares (doh!) but brought the average price down to $20 (now looking at massive DRP growth long term). I look at it as a time for housekeeping/spring cleaning. Getting rid of ones that have done their dash (MET) and buying others I've had my eye on a while (BRM) as an example
I was also very heavily exposed to the retirment sector so will slowly unwind that in this market too
I also moved my Kiwisaver into conservative about 2 weeks ago and back into growth last friday. I've lost 6% on these funds and the fund hasn't booked in the big gains the last 3 days. I should be up quite a bit. If I left as is (like the experts are saying) then the fund I moved out of lost 34% from when I moved. Lucky break maybe?
What I have learnt is I know very little about buying and selling timing. I tended to sell on days where there was big drops and buy on days when it was rising. If I could have a bit more skill just on this timing I think I'd be 10% better off currently. I'm not meaning trying to time the top or the bottom just better execution of the plan - i.e. I decide to sell. Do I drip amount in to a rising day or dump it and move on. Reading depth better is something I need to understand better. I also ended up buying more than I wanted one day purley because I forgot about a buy order - noob!
I can't help but think that over the weekend in the US, as reports flood in of the tsunami of deaths from the CV virus as well as the sheer numbers of the now unemployed hit home, that it is going to have a massive negative impact on the Dow on their Monday (our Tuesday)....
But what would I know? Didn't expect the Dow to rise after news of a record 3.3 million unemployed either....
I am thinking the same, see they now have the most cases in the world, and over 13k new cases - surprised futures are still positive (just)
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+ another 14000 cases in the last 24 hours, and another 174 deaths
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
I think the next trend downward in markets will be a more prolonged episode. The Markets initial response was a panic type situation reacting to the news and unknown but the next one will be in response to the realities of how hard this is hitting and as such I suspect will be more sobering.
I guess nobody can predict how this will play out, but I agree - based on the current knowledge your assumption has some merit.
But obviously
- if the rumors / early indications that some of the existing viral medicines can be effectively used to cure the Coronavirus are true, then we might see as well a very fast recovery.
- if we find out that most of the population had the virus already (without symptoms) and the virus is starting to run early into herd immunity, than the picture will change violently towards positive.
on the other hand ...
- if we get this terrible mutation which increases mortality (not likely, but social media love to raise this option) than the first leg down will look like a walk in the sunshine ...
Still - I am an optimist ...
Anyone ever thought we might see a v curve? I was only thinking everyone is super negative. I don’t see it, but hoped others would