Crypto Currency

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Exige said:
Hold on tight 😮🤣🥳
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The loss is worth it just to laugh at the young, get rich quick experts at work. :)

I keep telling them to get money into their pensions (which are down with everything else atm, but will come back over time given the investment portfolio), but no, they read about a spotty nerd in their bedroom who made millions on Bitcoin, and think it's a sure thing. 🤷‍♂️

Part of me thinks the current crypto market is going to collapse entirely. :unsure:
 
Robarano said:
The loss is worth it just to laugh at the young, get rich quick experts at work. :)

I keep telling them to get money into their pensions (which are down with everything else atm, but will come back over time given the investment portfolio), but no, they read about a spotty nerd in their bedroom who made millions on Bitcoin, and think it's a sure thing. 🤷‍♂️

Part of me thinks the current crypto market is going to collapse entirely. :unsure:
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Bound to now I've chucked a few K at it. Follow me for more terrible investment advice. :rolleyes:
 
NoGutsNoGlory said:
Bound to now I've chucked a few K at it. Follow me for more terrible investment advice. :rolleyes:
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Huge losses against pension funds (circa 10 years worth of contributions) and the main stocks all down (about 18% here overall).
The other day only two stocks gained, all others were losses on the day..... that's previously unheard of.
What to do?
I may have to start back to a three day week.
 

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Recession​

As a result, I’m expecting interest rates to continue to rise and share prices to continue to fall. Worse still, I think that rising interest rates are likely to bring about a recession.
If I’m right about that, then companies are going to report weak earnings as the economy slips backwards. In this case, I think it is likely that share prices will fall further.
The process of rising interest rates bringing about a recession and leading to weaker earnings is something that I expect to stretch into 2023. As a result, I don’t think that the stock market will recover significantly this year.

What to do?​

So what should I do in this situation? One idea is to wait for stock prices to fall a bit more and then invest when I think they’re about to recover.
This doesn’t sound like a great plan to me, though. If I try to wait for prices to reach their lowest points, it’s highly likely that I’ll miss the best opportunities by waiting too long.
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