US Stock Market

[wd40]

Wrong time for me to retire. Markets are down and good time to add more stocks. May be I should r2a and look for a job for another 4 years!

I am sure you are joking, markets will experience plunges like this several times during our retirement.
In a way this is a good stress test to face it early during our early retirement.

[wd40]

How is everyone doing? I guess nobody expected this.

[SAPPORO]

China, Japan and HK markets were down 10%+ overnight and so there might be another bloodbath in the US today.

Overall markets have gone back to Dec 2021 levels that was spurred by Biden's first year Covid/stimulus spending. Hopefully, we don't go back to pre-covid levels this week.

Even rebalancing might not be effective since it takes a couple of days for the transactions to be completed and by that time who knows where the markets would be, all based on Trump tweets.

[JINSAKAI]

How is everyone doing? I guess nobody expected this.

[old-spice2]

How is everyone doing? I guess nobody expected this.

I did not expect this kind of downfall in the market. In the last one year had moved substantial amount of money in regular interval from my VG account to Indian banks and kept them in FD locking 8%. Yes did sell some VG funds in taxable account at high point.
That was pure luck due to our move.

This will help us to weather the storm as the expenses here is pretty low. I usually get the interest paid to the savings account for expenses. Need not touch USD brokerage account till Trump retires to FL.

I was about to start investing in the Indian market but due to other work did not get time. Will start doing it from now.

[SAPPORO]

How is everyone doing? I guess nobody expected this.

I expected S&P 500 to go down by 30% by year-end due to erratic Trump policies but didn't expect it to crash in a week.
I also expected the market swings similar to the first T term in which he has delivered again and so making a good of money every day in swing trading.
Long live the volatility and its creator