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Should we be worried that the stock market is tanking today?

Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:49 pm
Posted by WildcatMike
Lexington, KY
Member since Dec 2005
43603 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:49 pm
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
17280 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:52 pm to
Look at it as a buying opportunity.

Ill stick to what I always say, everyone needs to get out of debt and live more frugally.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
51624 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:52 pm to
It's 6.3%. The Dow is 2.8% down. Grow a pair.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
12909 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:53 pm to
its been tanking for the last 3 trading days. since the end of July, the dow is down some 2300 points. thats 5.5% +

today was just another day tbh.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
40090 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:53 pm to
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Welp, 401k fricked.


We need another 10% drop just to be even on the year lmao
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77685 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:55 pm to
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401k


Should not worry if you’re in your 40’s and maybe even early 50’s. I would be more concerned about this if I was less than 5 years from retirement or in my early to mid 60’s.
Posted by Clint Torres
Member since Oct 2011
2832 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:57 pm to
My 401k is unburdened by what has been.
Posted by Dallaswho
Texas
Member since Dec 2023
3347 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:59 pm to
I’m not worried today. This is a liquidity event due to the yen spiking. If we weren’t near ATHs, there would probably be more buyers to pick up the assets sold to cover yen shorts.
The only thing it tells me is that there isn’t a ton of cash on the sidelines waiting to gobble up deals. People are waiting for lower or they’re cash poor. Someone with some data could probably find out which scenario is dominant and invest accordingly.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:59 pm to
The NASDAQ has never been this low?
Posted by bushwacker
youngsville
Member since Feb 2010
4010 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:03 pm to
401k fricked? sounds like a "you" problem hahahha.

mine still has 12 more years to go. I am agressive AF. I'll just up my percentage and finish maxing it out now while the market is lower. It will all work out over the next 12 years.
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4779 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:04 pm to
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My 401k is unburdened by what has been


This one got me
Posted by White Bear
AT WORK
Member since Jul 2014
17158 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:05 pm to
Seen it several times. I wouldn’t worry although it’s still a pisser.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58400 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:05 pm to
Think of it as reparations. If you own stocks you are privileged and you should reflect on that more often
Posted by Cromulent
Down the Bayou
Member since Oct 2016
3181 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:08 pm to
Truer words have never been spoken
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53603 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:08 pm to
Aggies NIL collective taking a massive hit
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119906 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:08 pm to
If you are in long term don't panic, in fact buy.

If you plan on retiring tomorrow you might want to push it back a little bit. But who fricking knows really?

I remember in 2008 there were 2 or 3 guys who I worked with who had planned on retiring at the end of the year. Actually there was another guy who retired the summer of 08 and then came back to work in November and stayed another two years (half the reason was because within two weeks of being retired there was no way he could stay home with his wife all day, even if he woke up before she did, left the house about 30 mins after she woke up and was in an out the whole day.. In other words, he said being at work all day was better than being around his wife throughout the day...lol).. But yeah, there were a few people who delayed their retirement.

By the time everyone is thinking about what to do and attempting to put some money into whatever everyone is saying "_______ is where your money needs to be right now" is about the time its too late. Right now everyone is saying gold because it has gone up and projected to keep going on. Thats the trap. Don't buy when its hot, buy before its hot.
Posted by EastWestConnection
Denver/Shenzhen/Belfast
Member since Jul 2024
1103 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:09 pm to
I dont even know what 401k so whatever
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17371 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:15 pm to
Everyone needs to calm tf down. It’s like everyone loves to panic now a days.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119906 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Everyone needs to calm tf down. It’s like everyone loves to panic now a days.


Now adays? Where have you been? People always panic.
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
13827 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 2:23 pm to
quote:

Should we be worried that the stock market is tanking today?


Not if you invested in gold.



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