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Re: Dow plunges 1000 points

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I do worry that this is the end of the current bull market and we'll be entered into a recession in the next half year or so.

It's practically guaranteed, unless the Fed rapidly adjusts back to being accomodating by slashing rates.

The sugar high from the tax cuts will buy a few quarters of time at best.

Re: Dow plunges 1000 points

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Call me old fashioned but it's a nice change of pace to see news about traditional market indexes crashing rather just crypto currencies.

Different reasons. I suspect this is due to traders taking their yearly profits and then stampede set in.

The volatility index has a very sudden spike at the end of the market

https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/%5EVIX/

Re: Dow plunges 1000 points

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I do worry that this is the end of the current bull market and we'll be entered into a recession in the next half year or so.

Recessions are technically at the minimum 9 months, three quarters of negative growth

Edit: it's two quarters as pointed out below

Re: Dow plunges 1000 points

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Call me old fashioned but it's a nice change of pace to see news about traditional market indexes crashing rather just crypto currencies.

Different reasons. I suspect this is due to traders taking their yearly profits and then stampede set in. The volatility index has a very sudden spike at the end of the market https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/%5EVIX/

It's due to interest rates and bond yields.

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2018-02-05/stock-i...

Re: Dow plunges 1000 points

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post #3

I do worry that this is the end of the current bull market and we'll be entered into a recession in the next half year or so.

Recessions are technically at the minimum 9 months, three quarters of negative growth Edit: it's two quarters as pointed out below

Recessions in the US are almost universally defined as being at least two consecutive quarters of economic contraction / negative GDP.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/recession.asp

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