08-05-2022, 01:29 PM
Is this the end of the traditional stock market?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Please consider the following points from a person who has very little understanding of macroeconomics and the geopolitical situation, let alone the trends in the foreseeable future.</p> <p>Lately I'm getting two really bad feelings about the current situation:</p> <ol> <li>Everywhere I read that the stock market is oversaturated with investors, it's easier than ever to enter it, and the trend of investing in the stock market (and investing in general) had risen dramatically over the past few years. I've read that because of the over-saturation, the entire market in itself is overvalued, and some analysts predict that the economy has overextended, and we're in for a downturn with no recovery in the forceable future (more on that in the second point). A good example is the "tech bubble" or the "crypto rush" that are very reminding of the dotcom bubble.</li> <li>The current geopolitical events are very bearish, aside from the Ukraine war which brings a supply shortage in some commodities, the US-Chine situation and generally the climate situation, which we can see the consequences of in the present, and the recession, and seems as though things are not going to go well in the near future, I understand that in the grand scheme of things, these events bring short-term market downturn, but with the climate situation, it seems we'll get shorter and shorter of resources.</li> </ol> <p>Can there be a situation that the market will under-perform for tens of years? could we have reached the top?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zlous"> /u/Zlous </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/wg6ntw/is_this_the_end_of_the_traditional_stock_market/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/wg6ntw/is_this_the_end_of_the_traditional_stock_market/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Please consider the following points from a person who has very little understanding of macroeconomics and the geopolitical situation, let alone the trends in the foreseeable future.</p> <p>Lately I'm getting two really bad feelings about the current situation:</p> <ol> <li>Everywhere I read that the stock market is oversaturated with investors, it's easier than ever to enter it, and the trend of investing in the stock market (and investing in general) had risen dramatically over the past few years. I've read that because of the over-saturation, the entire market in itself is overvalued, and some analysts predict that the economy has overextended, and we're in for a downturn with no recovery in the forceable future (more on that in the second point). A good example is the "tech bubble" or the "crypto rush" that are very reminding of the dotcom bubble.</li> <li>The current geopolitical events are very bearish, aside from the Ukraine war which brings a supply shortage in some commodities, the US-Chine situation and generally the climate situation, which we can see the consequences of in the present, and the recession, and seems as though things are not going to go well in the near future, I understand that in the grand scheme of things, these events bring short-term market downturn, but with the climate situation, it seems we'll get shorter and shorter of resources.</li> </ol> <p>Can there be a situation that the market will under-perform for tens of years? could we have reached the top?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zlous"> /u/Zlous </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/wg6ntw/is_this_the_end_of_the_traditional_stock_market/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/wg6ntw/is_this_the_end_of_the_traditional_stock_market/">[comments]</a></span>