Quote from CET:
Some lost real wealth, but most lost paper wealth that was grossly over valued because of insane leverage in the markets. Great for those that booked those gains, but this is basically a useless topic.
1 ) Its not a useless topic.
2) What the hell is paper wealth?
Paper wealth is real wealth or vice versa.
Assets have value, how you calculate the value can be subjective or very objective but nonetheless in the end all we have are assets and debt.
Are you saying that your not wealthy if your money is stocks and not in cash? depends which stock, will you sell me 100 share of GE for 100 zimbabwe dolllars
Are you saying that your not wealthy if you money is cash and not in real estate? That not whats happened in the last 24 months.
The assets are worth less or worthless in some cases, but the debt remains., the financial projections, hirings, decisions that were made based on those value remain.
The mistake you are making is the same that million of Americans are making right now.
That is there is such a thing as real wealth versus paper wealth.
All wealth is subjective and scenario based.