Re:I Completely Sold Off All My Investments This Week
by lolsal on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:53PM
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The author sold "95%", not all, for what it's worth.
I am not an economist, or a professional investor - I am a complete amateur and mostly ignorant, but it bothers me that folks are treating "14.7% unemployment" as if it is the same metric as _actual unemployment_. That number is so high right now because _people are not allowed to work_. It's true that literally lots of folks are not working right now, but that is a completely different metric than a huge lack of supply of jobs.
Re:I Completely Sold Off All My Investments This Week
by abc_lisper on Friday May 15, 2020 @01:02PM
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Yeah, wsj says x million jobs lost, or some version of it, every f*ing day, as if the world is falling apart at the seams, and we are watching it in slow motion. People don't lose their expertise overnight, nor will all companies lose their market forever. This is a temporary pause, and not a real stop.
Re:I Completely Sold Off All My Investments This Week
by aSplash0fDerp on Friday May 15, 2020 @01:33PM
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I don`t believe the stats prior to shelter-in-place for unemployment were that accurate to begin with.
If you drop all of the hyper-emotional rhetoric (groupthink disease similar to hyper-social and hyper-political impediments), the brightspots in the economy are starting to reveal themselves.
I am not an economist, or a professional investor - I am a complete amateur and mostly ignorant, but it bothers me that folks are treating "14.7% unemployment" as if it is the same metric as _actual unemployment_. That number is so high right now because _people are not allowed to work_. It's true that literally lots of folks are not working right now, but that is a completely different metric than a huge lack of supply of jobs.
For better or for worse (I think better) a lot of impulse, habitual consumerism just got wiped out of people's daily routines.
People are also likely to be a bit more careful with their funds in general
This will close a lot of businesses, and remove a lot of jobs, especially edge-jobs.
If you drop all of the hyper-emotional rhetoric (groupthink disease similar to hyper-social and hyper-political impediments), the brightspots in the economy are starting to reveal themselves.
Next year should be even more exciting.
This just seems like a characteristic statement by Warren Buffett and not some indicator of a crisis.