Is a crash coming soon?
Is a crash coming soon?
Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
Cheers,
Jack
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
Cheers,
Jack
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But in the 80s and 90s we saw a 18 year bull market. The unscientific part of your post rings true. There will always be bulls and bears talking about the market.
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The key thing here is not to anticipate a crash, but to NOT SELL during the crash.Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
If you stay on the sideline with a lot of cash, odds are you'll be missing out market rally. I can bet with good confidence that you can't time market rally.
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No a crash is not coming any time soon (3+ years).
I'm a young investor praying every day for a market crash, and for me to keep my job.
I'm a young investor praying every day for a market crash, and for me to keep my job.
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Set your Asset Allocation assuming a crash could happen tomorrow. Because it could.
This is true all the time.
A crash will happen. No one knows when. Be prepared for it to happen tomorrow. If you are close to retirement, you should have a conservative portfolio; if you are young, you can have a more aggressive portfolio, because you can ride out a crash and wait for the recovery.
Note that how long the market has gone since the last crash is not a variable. Note that market valuations are not a variable.
A crash WILL happen. And it could happen at anytime.
If you are already prepared for a crash happening tomorrow, it doesn't matter if the chances for it happening are higher or lower than yesterday. Because they are never zero. So you should always be prepared.
This makes investing very simple, and makes it easier to ignore the noise.
This is true all the time.
A crash will happen. No one knows when. Be prepared for it to happen tomorrow. If you are close to retirement, you should have a conservative portfolio; if you are young, you can have a more aggressive portfolio, because you can ride out a crash and wait for the recovery.
Note that how long the market has gone since the last crash is not a variable. Note that market valuations are not a variable.
A crash WILL happen. And it could happen at anytime.
If you are already prepared for a crash happening tomorrow, it doesn't matter if the chances for it happening are higher or lower than yesterday. Because they are never zero. So you should always be prepared.
This makes investing very simple, and makes it easier to ignore the noise.
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Welcome to the forum Jacky817. It looks like you have been doing a bit of homework believing it will help you predict when the market will go down or up. It’s a fool’s game. Don’t waste your valuable time. And, I don’t understand why you would be reluctant to invest regularly. My recommendation is to read The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns by John (Jack) C. Bogle. It’s an important first step toward a lifetime of investing. Good luck.
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http://www.etf.com/sections/index-inves ... correctionJacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
(Emphasis added by me)"The evidence is very clear that professional mutual fund managers cannot predict the stock market. For example, in his famous book “A Random Walk down Wall Street,” Burton Malkiel cited a Goldman Sachs study that examined mutual funds’ cash holdings for the period 1970 through 1989.
In their efforts to time the market, fund managers raise cash holdings when they believe the market will decline and lower cash holdings when they become bullish. The study found that, over the period it examined, mutual fund managers miscalled all nine major turning points."
Don't worry about it. Invest according to your desired asset allocation, and stay the course. Nobody knows when the next crash will come. Nobody.
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For someone with a long term time horizon and an iron stomach, a crash drives away from the market those who are inappropriately taking excessive risk and allows the rest to rebalance or DCA into low priced shares. In this regard, a crash could be viewed as helpful. Volatility is a necessary part of investing, it has its role to play.
For those inappropriately taking risk beyond their willingness, ability, and need, a crash on the other hand can be devastating, and could lead to the inability to afford food or shelter. That is why one only invests based on their willingness, ability, and need to take risk.
Also, staying the course and not market timing is central to the Boglehead philosophy. Reliably predicting a crash is hard and in my opinion likely impossible for even experts to do. Look at all the times "experts" have gotten things wrong.
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Yes, but for the year 1987 the market was up over 5%. One bad day does not break a bull market.Whakamole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:01 pmPoint of order, in 1987 on this day we had a slight dip in the market.
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I am extremely confident in my prediction that a crash will probably happen at some point in the future.
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Not arguing that, but I would still consider Black Monday a market crash.alex_686 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:29 pmYes, but for the year 1987 the market was up over 5%. One bad day does not break a bull market.Whakamole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:01 pmPoint of order, in 1987 on this day we had a slight dip in the market.
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The question is--and it's worth actually keeping a record because we fool ourselves about our own predictions and premonitions--if you were to look back at your feelings, and the best expert consensus from reading WSJ or MarketWatch or whatever... how accurate have those been, and would you have been better off acting on them or not?Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
Two cases in point. First, Larry Swedroe regularly does a review of how the "sure things," the almost universal consensus expectations of the financial world, have been holding up. These are excellent. Read them. Take them to heart. At the start of the year he names a list of things that knowledgeable investors all expect, and then he tracks what really happens during the year.
Swedroe: ‘Sure Things’ Check-In
He reviews eight "sure things," universally expected by knowledgable investors. Two of them came true, six did not. For example:
Another: in April of 2014, Bloomberg polled 67 economists on their expectations for the ten-year Treasury yield over the next six months. Every one of them, every one, 67 out of 67, 100% said yields would rise, the only differences being by how much. Yields fell.The eighth sure thing was that, with non-U.S. developed market and emerging market economies generally growing at a slower pace than the U.S. economy (and with many emerging markets hurt by weak commodity prices, slower growth in China’s economy, the Fed tightening monetary policy and a rising dollar), international developed market stocks would underperform U.S. stocks in 2017. Through September 30, 2017, the Vanguard Developed Markets ETF (VEA) returned 21.0%, outperforming VOO. Score: -1.
My personal conclusion is that by far the best thing to do is, first, adjust your stock allocation to your risk tolerance, and set it low enough that you really can stay the course. Then stay the course. In other words, in the phrase attributed to J. P. Morgan, if you can't sleep because you're worrying about the stock market, "sell down to your sleeping point." You have to say "Eh, easy come, easy go." Do not increase your stock allocation during a long bull market like the one we are in, through fear of missing out, do not count on seeing the bear market coming in time to cut back... just pick a number you can live with and then live with it.
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Welcome to the forum!Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
These are the kinds of thoughts and questions that should bo considered when setting an allocation, except that there should be no question that a crash is coming - it will and nobody knows when or how long or how severe. Instead, the question should be how much you can afford to lose in a market downturn before you will need the money. See the "Risk Tolerance" and "Asset Allocation" pages in the wiki.
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Risk_tolerance
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Asset_allocation
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I'm glad to see a fellow young investor recognizing the last part of your statement. So many of my friends (with liberal arts degrees) callously talk about how they can't wait for the next crash, as if their jobs in publishing and other soft arts will survive another significant downturn or correction.
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Gut feeling says 5-10% correction followed by flat market for a while.
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Time in the market is better than timing the market.
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A crash could happen and then when you decide it is safe to get in and another crash could happen. Nothing is certain.
Set it and forget it.
Set it and forget it.
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There is no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term OR long term OR any term. Yes, its been 9 years since the previous crash, but it may never crash again. Or, it might crash tomorrow and never recover.Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
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If you are young, the most effective element of your wealth building is to save more. Assuming you have a reasonable AA, are averaging in with paycheck contributions, and that you don't panic and sell in a crash - then all that's really in your control is the saving part.
I don't expect a 30% + event in the next 5 years. But then who ever does?
I don't expect a 30% + event in the next 5 years. But then who ever does?
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there is always a crash coming.
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Keep saving. I started at 30 - had no money before then .... Starting early and consistently contributing makes a big difference.Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:01 pm If you are young, the most effective element of your wealth building is to save more. Assuming you have a reasonable AA, are averaging in with paycheck contributions, and that you don't panic and sell in a crash - then all that's really in your control is the saving part.
I don't expect a 30% + event in the next 5 years. But then who ever does?
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I'm not banking on aristotelian's gut feeling and I hope he isn't either.aristotelian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:05 pm Gut feeling says 5-10% correction followed by flat market for a while.
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Yes,
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crash coming soon matters less than crash coming right before you hit your number and potentially change allocation, or right before retirement
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I second this. If you're worried about a crash, your asset allocation is wrong.
Your asset allocation should reflect your risk tolerance:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=229259
Once you determine how to allow your risk tolerance to shape your asset allocation, you're done. You don't need to ask questions such as yours because the answer doesn't matter. Just don't take the phrase "risk tolerance" lightly. Read the thread I linked to above and try to understand that risk tolerance is highly subjective and very complex, a result of many factors that can and do change. I think it's safe to say that most investors who have not had their risk tolerance tested are overinvested in equities.
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I hope so.
Then prices will be a bargain.
I'm ready.
Then prices will be a bargain.
I'm ready.
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30 years ago today, obviously there was a crash that negated 22.6%. Fast forward to 30 years from today. Where do you think the market will be on October 19, 2047? A lot of swings, ups and downs between now and then - but think about it. Put a longer term time frame on it and consider what the growth potential is for the next 3 decades.Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
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I just decided today that my risk tolerance is 10% lower than it was yesterday --- so I reduced my stock allocation accordingly.
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^This is exactly my mindset.
The exact time and reason for a crash is unpredictable. All we know is that one day there will be one.
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Maybe or maybe not. If something fundamentally changes in the world or economy then even with a crash things may not be cheap.
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So true. But, something will be a bargain. R/E. Apartment buildings. Who knows.
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"Nobody knows nothing." -Jack Bogle
(Also, no one on this forum knows when/if a crash is coming)
(Also, no one on this forum knows when/if a crash is coming)
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Good question. What life circumstances changed that reduced your need or ability to take risk?
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Hope so I can buy-more at a lower price.
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"It feels like" is not a part of my IPS.
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Seems to me there are far too many of these threads for a bubble bursting crash to occur. When the forum is full of people bragging about their 120% equity positions, then we can fear the crash. Right now I believe all we have to fear is a correction, which as pointed out can happen anytime. But my crystal ball is as cloudy as everyone else's.
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A recession is a significant decline in the economy lasting at least 6 months.Whakamole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:01 pmPoint of order, in 1987 on this day we had a slight dip in the market.
From 1985 to 2007, a period economists call the 'Great Moderation' we went 22 years where the recessions were characterized by very mild economic declines.
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"Is a crash coming soon?"
I think the biggest unknown is your definition of "soon."
I think the biggest unknown is your definition of "soon."
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How much of a decline is a "significant" decline?Ged wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:56 amA recession is a significant decline in the economy lasting at least 6 months.Whakamole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:01 pmPoint of order, in 1987 on this day we had a slight dip in the market.
From 1985 to 2007, a period economists call the 'Great Moderation' we went 22 years where the recessions were characterized by very mild economic declines.
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Here is Kiplinger article that attemps to answer this question:
http://www.kiplinger.com/article/invest ... t-end.html
You can choose whether to believe it or not
http://www.kiplinger.com/article/invest ... t-end.html
You can choose whether to believe it or not
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Hey JackJacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
Cheers,
Jack
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I believe in the maxim that you can't time the market, and am invested accordingly.
However, I also believe in basic economics of supply and demand. As we hit ATHs, people will take profits, increasing supply, and reducing price. Maybe this is an oversimplification, but it's almost impossible not to believe a pullback is coming in the short term.
However, I also believe in basic economics of supply and demand. As we hit ATHs, people will take profits, increasing supply, and reducing price. Maybe this is an oversimplification, but it's almost impossible not to believe a pullback is coming in the short term.
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I don't know. Nobody rings a bell before the market is ready to crash. Pretty much, just about anything the market does surprises me. When it goes up, I am surprised. When it goes down, I am surprised. I have expressed my opinions about the direction of interest rates, and alas my record as an interest rate forecaster is not very good. No one would hire me as a political consultant, as developments there catch me by surprise. My record as an economic forecaster is pretty uneven.
I think of Elaine Garzarelli, who successfully predicted the 1987 stock market crash. Since then, she has been wrong about almost everything. Bob Brinker put a "sell" on the stock market in early 2000 but followed up with his disastrous QQQ call. Howard Ruff predicts doom that never seems to happen. Ravi Batra's second Great Depression never arrived. So don't put too much faith in these. An informed guess is better than an uninformed guess but not by as much as you would think.
I think of Elaine Garzarelli, who successfully predicted the 1987 stock market crash. Since then, she has been wrong about almost everything. Bob Brinker put a "sell" on the stock market in early 2000 but followed up with his disastrous QQQ call. Howard Ruff predicts doom that never seems to happen. Ravi Batra's second Great Depression never arrived. So don't put too much faith in these. An informed guess is better than an uninformed guess but not by as much as you would think.
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Write down that prediction and check back in two years to see how accurate you were. I find predicting the future to be so tough that it isn't worth doing for me, but maybe you're better at it than I am.Jacky817 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm Hi everyone! Rather new to the forum here.
If im not wrong, bogleheads believe that:
1. There's no way to predict what will happen to the market in the short term
2. Past history is not an absolute indicator for future performance/what will happen
But just by looking at this very "unscientifically", it feels like the next crash/recession is coming within the next 2 years?
Firstly, the growth in this year has been very high. Secondly, the longest period in US history without a big recession is 10 years. According to this
http://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500- ... chart-data
It's been 9 years since the previous crash.
Just a hypothetical question. I'm not interested in hoarding cash now to "wait for the crash", still gonna invest regularly, albeit reluctantly now haha
Cheers,
Jack
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It's not about the markets so much, it's your time horizon. Short term money should be in safer investments, long term money can be risked in the stock markets. But there is always risk, of one sort or another, it's just part of life. You have some control of the risks you take, but there's a good bit of luck involved in your results, no matter what you decide.
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Nice post scone. That says it all nice and succinctly. Best to you.
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This is what the NBER says:
http://www.nber.org/cycles/jan08bcdc_memo.pdf
It seems to me that they are looking for places where the slope changes sign, rather than peak to trough distances.