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2conservative t1_je6hx1e wrote

I also heard Big Tech was serving as a flight to safety - maybe not as much as Crypto stocks and to some extent Gold - but yes. As far as the future - you can listen to 15 analysts and you will get 15 different predictions. But, both Dalio and and Jeremy Grantham believe there is more pain to come. Not sure in what form that will be (another Black Swan event or perhaps a slow grind as investors begin to wrap their heads around the shrinking margins companies will face in the future) but - that both say another 20 - 50% could come out of the market. That said - if you have a timeline more than 10 years out - I wouldn't worry about it. Pick some very good stocks, buy and hold. I was strongly considering Meta when it dropped below a 100 and TSLA when it dropped to 100 and passed on both. Kicking myself now - but oh well. I would consider picking up some good stocks and start dollar cost averaging in. Buy dips and if the market suddenly tanks - put everything left into those same stocks. Buffet isn't a fan of selling his holdings (he will but not too often). He takes all the dividends from his diverse holdings and uses that cash to pick up stocks on the cheap or add to his holdings on dips. It's a great strategy and really quite conservative/safe.

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waitplzdontgo t1_je6mslo wrote

> I also heard Big Tech was serving as a flight to safety - maybe not as much as Crypto stocks

Quick question: how many times did someone dig their fingers into your fontanelle and as a followup did that soft spot ever actually go away for you

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2conservative t1_je6rmhg wrote

Very clever of you. Not sure what you took exception too but I am assuming it was the statement about crypto stocks? So - without getting an exact figure they sort of rocketed up after Mar 10 (maybe 50% or so). And, my soft spot is still there. Quick Question: how many times have you dug your fingers into your ass and stuck them in other peoples faces just to see their reaction?

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mytendies t1_je79uyw wrote

Ha nice one, honestly. Crypto is shit tho

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2conservative t1_je7ijvm wrote

Well, that may be but that wasn't really the point. I was just pointing out that in addition to Big Tech, people ran to Crypto and Gold. The last two actually make more sense to me since they would be the natural beneficiaries of a failing financial system putting the USD at risk (I'm not saying this is happening - only that a lot of folks are worried it might). The Big Tech injection I think was just a response to a volatile and declining market. Lastly, just like a piece of paper with numbers written on it, Crypto is only as valuable as people think it is. That can be said about almost anything. Art, NFTs, collectibles - anything that provides little function but is valuable for no other reason than because people think it is.

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mytendies t1_je7mwb3 wrote

Rational. All I would say is that the dollar has the us military backing it and that is why collectively market participants believe in its value.

I 100 percent agree people pulled bank deposits and sold banking shares… and bought “other currencies” like gold and crypto

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OkGrade1686 t1_jeabcnb wrote

If I had money to waste, I would set minimum crypto baseline, buy into it, wait for people to tuck their money into crypto for "safety", and give them some really nice hot potatoes

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