http://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf
Read this, setup a 3 fund portfolio, invest monthly, ignore the noise, hold your nerve....
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Previously on "Margin debt at record levels - Is another stock market crash imminent?"
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I'm surprised northern folk aren't richer.
BBC News - World record price paid for Belgian racing pigeon Bolt
All this funny money is going into non productive asset booms.
No investment, just speculation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24922106
http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/20...p-for-auction/
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/world...-snowdrop-bulb
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post"The record amount being borrowed by investors"
That makes no sense. If you don't have money to invest you borrow it?
Super doomed.
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Originally posted by centurian View PostPrecisely...
Although in the good ole property speculation days, it was also known as a "100% mortgage". Buy a house with no deposit, don't bother letting it out - too much hassle, sell it a year later at a profit.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThat makes no sense. If you don't have money to invest you borrow it?
Although in the good ole property speculation days, it was also known as a "100% mortgage". Buy a house with no deposit, don't bother letting it out - too much hassle, sell it a year later at a profit.
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"The record amount being borrowed by investors"
That makes no sense. If you don't have money to invest you borrow it?
Super doomed.
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Don't care anymore. Just less for the government to steal in inheritance tax or care home fees.
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QE just helps make the eventual explosions all the flashier.
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Margin debt at record levels - Is another stock market crash imminent?
The record amount being borrowed by investors is a worrying sign for markets
‘Margin debt’ is the term used to describe money investors borrow from their stockbroker in order to buy shares. Naturally enough, when people feel bearish about markets, they tend not to borrow anything while, by the same token, the more bullish they feel the more they are inclined to borrow. As a result, margin debt levels are viewed by some as a way of gauging market sentiment.
Keen students of behavioural finance may not be too surprised to learn that, over time, margin debt levels have tended to be at their highest just before markets crash while, just before markets take off, investors tend to have net cash in their trading accounts. According to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which publishes monthly data on the subject, net debt currently stands at record levels.
Now, in theory, investors could borrow money from their brokers and just let it sit in cash and the NYSE would still report that as a build-up of margin debt. To take this possibility out of the equation, therefore, a better way of considering the issue is to look at investors’ ‘free credit balance’, which – put simply – shows how much money they have borrowed specifically to buy shares.
This is what Advisor Perspectives has done in the chart below, where the red areas indicate a negative credit balance – and by extension bullish sentiment. ...Tags: None
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