I've been into stocks since early 2020, and ever since then, there's been several bull runs, a couple big crashes (Covid and the April tariffs), which of course were recovered quickly.
It has seemed that this entire time there are people acting like things are crazy – there's always a dozen reasons things should be collapsing, and yet for the most part the market has charged ahead full of steam.
I'm wondering if there was actually a normal that existed, or if this is how it always has been. Perhaps social media and politics have gotten to people lately?
When was the market ever normal?
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Posted by MeteorPunch
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yup it’s been like this all along
newer investors will always get rattled (like myself when I started) but eventually you’ll get numb to the chatter
It depends on your definition of normal. Stable? By nature it doesn’t exist within the market, chaos is inherent. That’s why smart long term investing is all about mitigating that chaos.
Trust me, it’s been like this for a long time. Things are just worse now due to politics. Ignore the noise. Everyone has an opinion and the vast majority have no clue what they’re talking about.
It’s definitely not normal. Usually, most of the time companies were evaluated by actual growth, forecast or profitability.
Nowadays you just need to have keywords like Quantum or AI in your company name and it will be a success.
Longer bull markets and gut wrenching fast bear markets are fairly normal (staircase up, elevator down). People are always trying to predict the next bear market.
Markets run on sentiment and human emotion. There’s often something running hot with euphoria in the air, and on the other hand sometimes you get FUD and panic selling.
Humans are always looking to explain phenomena or rationalise it. There’s always a story to tell.
Also, investing and trading are more accessible to the average Joe with an internet connection that ever before. So retail investors are more engaged on a widespread basis and hence it feels like we’re in a new normal of the markets infiltrating our day to day
Markets are here to hold retail in loops, and for big players to get bigger.
Every generation thinks their chaos is unique. Spoiler: it’s not.
you really understand definition of “normal”?