stock market crash

[TheGreenBastard]

How on earth are the markets not in free fall? They have only dropped 20% from peak




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What do you think massive QE does to assets?

[d000hg]

How on earth are the markets not in free fall? They have only dropped 20% from peak

The release from my broker focused on the fact banks are far less extended than they were in 2008 and therefore the economy is fundamentally in a better place.
They are phrasing this in terms of the economy being "on hold" rather than "screwed", with all the measures
put in place. And of course the lengths governments are going to has calmed people to an extent.

That's their position anyway. Doesn't seem unreasonable though there is little on which to make any predictions when it's a novel situation.

[AtW]

The release from my broker

[eek]

The release from my broker focused on the fact banks are far less extended than they were in 2008 and therefore the economy is fundamentally in a better place.
They are phrasing this in terms of the economy being "on hold" rather than "screwed", with all the measures
put in place. And of course the lengths governments are going to has calmed people to an extent.

That's their position anyway. Doesn't seem unreasonable though there is little on which to make any predictions when it's a novel situation.

That assumes the future is the same as it was. What I suspect is that a lot of companies are going to discover they can work from home just fine so no longer need all the office space nor all the people that might have filled it before.

[Andy2]

How on earth are the markets not in free fall? They have only dropped 20% from peak




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that's a 2 trillion dollar question

[AtW]

That assumes the future is the same as it was. What I suspect is that a lot of companies are going to discover they can work from home just fine so no longer need all the office space nor all the people that might have filled it before.

And that home working could be in some 3rd world country...

[LondonManc]

Show proof for both.

Beat me to it. I'd wager DB collapses before HSBC (unless HSBC heads off back to Hong Kong).

[scooterscot]

Beat me to it. I'd wager DB collapses before HSBC (unless HSBC heads off back to Hong Kong).

Deutsche is exposed in the derivatives market many times their capital.

HSBC is at risk of collapsing. If they do, there goes the paper Gold ETF's, the majority of where paper gold funds rest.

[AtW]

Beat me to it. I'd wager DB collapses before HSBC (unless HSBC heads off back to the Midlands).

FTFY

[eek]

And that home working could be in some 3rd world country...

Oh I'm not looking at employing many people in the UK anymore...