News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad?. Parent comment

Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by WalterBright on Monday May 11, 2020 @03:39PM (#23146085)
The 2008 recession didn't last that long.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by jbay808 on Monday May 11, 2020 @04:16PM (#23146505)
But paying off student loans probably did.

My point is that "the market did great" means investors did great; doesn't mean that everyone did great.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by WalterBright on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:03AM (#23150733)
This thread is about investing.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by jbay808 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:02AM (#23150966)
This thread relates to investing, but more specifically it is debating whether or not the following fact

> The market has done even better in the last 10 years than in the 90's

is an adequate response to address the GGGGGP's claim that

> that ladder has become more difficult to climb. But hey - what do I know? I'm just a lazy millennial who's now living through his second major recession, with the first one landing directly on when I was entering the work world FT.

Nobody here is denying your claim about the market performance.

[ Parent | on HN ]