Can equity markets sustain itself amidst rising rates?

[Trend Fader]

Quote from inandlong:

I am always a fan of your critique Trend'. No punches pulled, nothing wrapped in candy.

Nice job.

Thanks.

I admit and I could be totally wrong... best case scenerio would be the DOW to trade trade in a 12k to 9k trading range for a long time... atleast 3+ years. The biggest wild card being terrorism and the housing bubble.


--MIKE

 

[Mecro]

Quote from Trend Fader:

Thanks.

I admit and I could be totally wrong... best case scenerio would be the DOW to trade trade in a 12k to 9k trading range for a long time... atleast 3+ years. The biggest wild card being terrorism and the housing bubble.


--MIKE

I really would rather watch them pull off a second bubble and think they can.
NOONE wants to see and trade a sideways market, especially with the deteriorating NYSE & Naz conditions in the last years. Trading based on silly rumors and stories from Iraq is destructive. As an investor, I would not even touch a market that makes fluke moves based on random terrorism stories.

 

[TheCaracal]

Quote from Mecro:

We've had this convo before and I never believed the earnings in the first place. But that is what the April run up a year ago was based on, hence that is what the "experts" are supposedely looking for. The tax cuts did nothing, the cheap money just produced debt based consumption. The market was pumped up by manipulation and short squeezes.

I watched Kudlow & Cramer today. They are pushing the idea that USA is coming to a time with great productivity, high interest rates and strong dollar. And quote "just like in the late 1990s under Clinton". This market is ready for a second bubble and Im all in. Bring ALL of the easy money to me.

Otherwise it's gonna a grinding sideways market or even a slow bear market. Those SUCK.

Buckle up for your last point.

The appetite for stocks was never washed away... a good 6-8 years of grind and bleed should do it...