The EU deal brought them out. Faith that it won't collapse will keep it high.....for now.

 

It would still have a loooooooooong way to go before I'd consider it "way up".
It was 12,800 in December.........which is still far below it's high. Enjoy it and quit worrying!

 

All it will need is a stumble and it will all fall now.

 

The stock market is still volitile. It came down today.

People are running a little paniced.

We're still on tarket for a collapse.

 

I just bought a bunch of stock. Market is low, time to buy. Educated purchases, obviously.

 

We'll see recognizable see-sawing leading up to the collapse, sort of like the last 3-4 months.

 

Might as well go to Vegas, Stock Market is Risk, Betting, and Spectulation.

 

It is BECAUSE of the money I've made in the market that I was ABLE to go to Vegas! And I didn't gamble in Vegas btw..............

 

yup, better off at the casino. at least at the casino they bring you beverages and give you player points. when was the last time your financial advise bought you a drink?

 

ahah, this is awesome. My earnings buy me a drinks all the time! Up to 20, on a good night

 

Poor people don't care about the stock market. They care about jobs. A high stock market doesn't mean that more people are now being hired or will be hired. A high stock market doesn't mean that those who are struggling with their mortgages will be saved. It only means that those wealthy enough to invest in the stock market are now worth a few more dollars.

 

A high stock market doesn't mean that those who are struggling with their mortgages will be saved. It only means that those wealthy enough to invest in the stock market are now worth a few more dollars.

Seriously? That's a bit of a generalization I think. I invest in the stock market regularly and I'm no 1% wall street investment banker. I put $50 bucks a paycheck in and try my best to make my investments count. Not everyone that invests is a greedy, wealthy, monopoly guy with a monocle.

 

The stock market has always moved up and down,many times based more on sentiment than reality. I've made a lot of money with all the volatility the last few years and will probably do the same the next few years. As always I'm cautious but not nervous or scared worrying about the end of the world.

I like the great returns my oil and nat gas investments have given me even when the economy is weak. $94 + oil in this poor economy makes me wonder how high it will go if/when the world recovers.

Investing in the stock market has been very good to me & sure beats sitting in cash and making nothing. Some people think the market is like a casino and use that as a reason to not learn the system. Their choice,no risk = no reward.

Red

 

Agreed. My main investments are energy - pipelines, oil - and health industry focused, and they all pay dividends. Even if you buy at the incorrect time and the stock drops a few bucks, a year's worth of dividends will make it up to you.

 

There is plenty of money to be made off the stock market if you know how to play it. But where the stock market closes at is an indicator on the health of corporate America, not main street America. You cant use where the Dow Jones is at as a barometer of the economy.

 

Loves the level of financial intelligence in here cause someone told them about p/e ratios....lol.

Next people will say the market always goes up if you hold long enough!!No one ever told them that just because the market has gone up, that does not mean your stock picks did.

 

My biggest issue with people investing in stocks is that they don't diversify enough. They will pick 6-12 stocks and focus on them. Instead they need about 6-12 indices/areas/sectors. Then the generalization about holding on long enough tends to be true. When one set of indices falter, another will benefit.