Whether stocks plunge, which they might, or go back up or just head sideways, it’s irrelevant for almost all of us.
Category: Stock Market
On Trump’s own measure of success, he’s being TROUNCED
Stocks have performed better under Biden than Trump where it matters By President Trump’s favorite measure of success President Biden’s post-election stock market gains have largely beaten Trump’s equivalent at just short of their one-year election anniversary.
Source: Biden Is Trouncing Trump’s Stock Markets Where It Matters
“The real work of determining what kind of world we want to live in is the proper subject of democracy, not high finance. The Redditors have made this clear to the world, and for that they should be celebrated rather than condemned.”
The Redditors Have Revealed A Myth About The Stock Market | HuffPost Australia
The market doesn’t care about politics. It’s a creature that acts in accordance with the goals of its largest participants. The real economy, on the other hand, requires far more effort — planning, prioritizing, and executing programs and projects that can produce tangible profits. We’re a long way from a world that puts investment in the real economy ahead of those soaring financial markets. That gap, in fact, might as well be like the distance between Earth and Mars. In the midst of a pandemic, as billionaires only grow richer and the markets soar, can there be any question that we’re experiencing a Martian invasion?
Letting the Markets go Wild while the People Go Down: A War of the Worlds
Maybe it makes me unsophisticated, but I don’t think about the stock market that much. I know that many say it’s the central nervous system of our economy. I know its estimated worth is around $30 trillion. And I know that when it tanks, the lives of millions of Americans are wrecked, ruined and upended. I know that when that happens, the powerful millionaires (and billionaires) who caused said destruction generally grab their money and their well-coiffed dogs and run for it. (Sometimes our government has to step in to make sure the elites get all of their money and don’t have to share in the devastation they’ve dispensed to the lower classes.)
“A share of Google can trade around $900, but Google explicitly states in writing that the par value of their stock is only 0.001 dollars. Google also says that they do not pay their investors any dividends, and their class C shareholders have no voting rights. So, if you own a share of GOOG, you won’t receive any money from Google, you won’t be allowed to vote on corporate issues, and Google isn’t obligated to pay you anything more than 0.001 dollars for that share you bought for $900.”
via Wall Street Is the Definition of a Ponzi Scheme (Literally)
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