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Re:Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:42PM (#50384223)
> At the end of the day, everyone's retirement is tied to the SP500 and it will always go up.

Not when more retired boomers are pulling more money out than GenZ/Alphas are putting in.

Re:Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory by selectodude on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:44PM (#50384877)
That’s literally impossible. The market requires a buyer and a seller. If the retired boomers pull their money out, it’ll move the markets to a place that is attractive and affordable for the Gen Alpha.
Re:Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory by dataviz1000 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:45PM (#50384887)
> retired boomers

That isn't where the money propping up the SP500 is coming from. It is a ponzi scheme, yes. It is held up by $40,000,000,000,000 in national debt. That can is getting kicked down the line to one or two generations that haven't been born yet.

You and I don't need to worry about it because we will be long gone by then.

All we know know is that Elon isn't getting any more freshly minted currency.

Re:Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory by stubish on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:54PM (#50385005)
Indexes are essentially 'the rich getting richer'. Great news for wealth disparity if true. But I suspect boomer inheritances will become intergenerational wealth given average number of children and rising age people inherit at.
Re:Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory by david-gpu on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:03PM (#50385122)
You are not taking into account foreign investors. Plenty of countries have a healthy population pyramid and are quickly industrializing.