Derivative bets place hundreds of millions on short positions to hedge against losses on real investment. They will fail once the market goes the other way eventually,, but at first they will help soften the blow for smart money.
Normal people aren't smart money,, and we will end up paying for this mess through the loss of pensions. Here's the thing though: bond markets are roughly 4X bigger than stock markets,, and the volume of cash traded on currency markets is over ten times the sales volume for stocks... So why is the stock market so overly scrutinized and publicized? To keep you looking the other way.
Yeah, I can't tell right now if there market is wildly overvalued or actually kind of undervalued. Weird. I'm not an expert, though, I just want to retire early so I invest.
WhyNoDonuts ago
Derivative bets place hundreds of millions on short positions to hedge against losses on real investment. They will fail once the market goes the other way eventually,, but at first they will help soften the blow for smart money.
Normal people aren't smart money,, and we will end up paying for this mess through the loss of pensions. Here's the thing though: bond markets are roughly 4X bigger than stock markets,, and the volume of cash traded on currency markets is over ten times the sales volume for stocks... So why is the stock market so overly scrutinized and publicized? To keep you looking the other way.
zipcodemonster ago
Yeah, I can't tell right now if there market is wildly overvalued or actually kind of undervalued. Weird. I'm not an expert, though, I just want to retire early so I invest.