The major indices are still near their ATHs and many large caps + mega caps haven't cracked yet.
This suggests that the liquidation isn't over.
Bear-market rallies might take place in the high growth names but for most names, the primary trend is currently down.
Over the following weeks, the contraction is likely to get worse and the stronger US Dollar should cause commodities/inflation to roll over.
Global PMIs also likely to roll over and this will cause an economic slowdown.
Sell-off only likely to end when the Fed becomes dovish.
This sell off is not unexpected, neither is it a 'black swan' event.
The ongoing selling is a rational response to tightening monetary conditions.
The Fed's QE unleashed animal spirits and pushed prices/valuations to an extreme and the market is now discounting its end.
The market has been giving clues for weeks.
One by one, stocks have been getting shot and even several bellwether companies have not participated in this rally in the indices. Several indices didn't even confirm the recent high in $NDX
This is not normal and suggests weakness.
Many on FinTwit calling this a 'normal pullback'.
A normal pullback does not cause stocks to go down 50-70% from their ATHs and drop 10% in a day!
This is the unwind of the QE bubble - so far, the most speculative names and high growth stocks have been hit, indices to follow.
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"Fair share" of tax means a flat tax (same %) for all taxpayers who pay tax. It does NOT mean fleecing the super wealthy by confiscating their wealth.
After income tax/capital gains tax/wealth tax and inheritance tax, some nations take 65-70% of wealth.
Basic maths - (20% flat tax)
A person who makes $100K pays $20K in tax
A person who makes $1m pays $200K in tax
A person who makes $10m pays $2m in tax
A person who makes $100m pays $20m in tax
Wealthy do pay more tax, even with a flat tax regime.
Penalising the wealthy because they have more money is immoral and wrong.
Inheritance tax is the biggest form of legal theft that exists ---> that capital has already been taxed once or even more than once.
Being ambitious, working hard, saving and investing isn't a crime.
October was a decent month as my portfolio rebounded with the broad market.
During the month, I grabbed shares of $AFRM $MQ $QS and $TOST and in order to raise cash for these, sold out of a few lower conviction or more mature companies in my portfolio....
August was a decent month and today marks the 5th anniversary of my post-retirement high-growth portfolio.
My portfolio's YTD return is +46.92% and over the past 5 years, the return is +830.25% (nine-bagger on the entire portfolio) representing a CAGR of 56.21%...
This deceleration shaved off 24% of Fiverr's market cap!
Here is a company which despite very tough comps (after last year's COVID related boost to its business), announced that its revenue will grow ~50% this year and its stock got smoked!
Agreed; its valuation was elevated but this 83% gross margin business is now...
...valued at ~21 X year-end EV/S.
Yesterday, Fiverr announced its active buyers grew by 43%YOY in Q2 '21 to 4 million and spend per buyer increased 23%YOY.
So, apart from a mild slowdown in its business (expected after last year's bump), all other metrics didn't indicate...