A Stock Trader Thread

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by The Hammer, Apr 17, 2013.

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  1. Alex1939

    Alex1939 Space Invaders Champion

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    Is the collapse imminent? Looks like a new war with Syria is about to begin. QE will be ending which will raise rates and likely lower the market. True unemployment is estimated at 15%. The recovery has been said to have only benefited the top 5% of earners with the lower 95% seeing no change in lifestyle since the recession. Basic goods are way up in price. Housing prices are up while home sales are way down.

    Or are all the doomsayers wrong? There are a lot of them and long standing piece of market advice is not to follow the herd. Is the market now tied in so much more globally that what happens domestically is not as important? Are companies now prepared and more immune to crisis created by wars, government intervention, and a lower standard of living for the average American?
     
  2. The Hammer

    The Hammer Ace Degenerate

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    Some interesting comments. The unemployment, true unemployment number, is good. Too often people do not realize that the numbers often given as the unemployment number only reflects job-seekers. Also, I read that the number 2 employer now is temp agencies. Which has to be disheartening.

    http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/americas-second-largest-employer-is-a-temp-agency/

    We have an odd situation here. There are a lot of people out of work while at the same time there are a lot of jobs which are going unfilled because of lack of qualified people. There is a massive skills gap between what skills people have and what skills are required for many jobs.
     
  3. Finnegan2win

    Finnegan2win hopesfall2win

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    No Hammer, employers just aren't willing to train anymore so they set their "qualifications" astronomically high and then whine that they can't fill positions, and then use that excuse to underpay desperate contract workers.
     
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