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Re:Dow plunges 1000 points by dvfjsdhgfv on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:27PM (#16311816)
I'd prefer to see the news about cryptocurrencies crashing rather than traditional markets.
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Re:Dow plunges 1000 points by workthrowaway27 on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:55PM (#16312093)
I'd be interested to see the value of the stock market compared to interest rates. My bet is the market is only a little bit high if you account for how low interest rates have been for the past ~10 years.
Re:Dow plunges 1000 points by bduerst on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:29PM (#16312838)
Did you mean inflation rates? Because the interest rates control the cost of new money, while inflation reflects the change in value.
Re:Dow plunges 1000 points by workthrowaway27 on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:56PM (#16313017)
No, I meant interest rates. There's an inverse correlation between interest rates and asset prices. Most governments have been keeping interest rates low since the financial crisis to spur investment, which causes asset rates to rise. So while asset prices are high on an absolute level interest rates are also much lower than the historical average. My guess is that if you account for interest rates being so low assets aren't priced all that highly.
Re:Dow plunges 1000 points by dragonwriter on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:37PM (#16312889)
Well, interest rates are the yield an on alternative investment to stocks, so they make sense as a comparator, too.