Friday, March 3, 2017

They say, I say

                There are many people that would say that the market is on the up and up and isn’t looking like it’s going to crash since people are optimistic about our country’s growth. They also say despite this that investing in stocks is a gamble as you can’t predict what is going to happen in the future. They say the market is looking to be bullish forever and that this is prime investing weather. Many have also said that inflation has been defeated by American economist because they are always ahead of it and keep it under control. A lot of people also say that the federal reserve is public and owned by the government.
                “At the current moment the market is very volatile, spurring a good time to invest and take advantage of the market’s volatility” says Courtney a lead market analyst. I very much agree that this is the best time to invest due to the volatility however the market is up at the moment so the entry prices are high and due to our limited budget we have to research more and find solid investments. “If you’re going to buy individual stocks, we believe that you should buy companies that are leaders in their industry, have disciplined management teams and have good rates of growth in sales or earnings,” Courtney says.  I find that very interesting as I have always invested in small volatile companies in bulk in order to maximize my buying power however I will have to try this and compare the profit margin.

                All of this shows how misinformed the populous is. The first example of people saying that the market is on the up and up is purely wrong while we are bullish at the moment however in march fed interest rates are going to go up in order to slow inflationary pressure on our economy. “Investing in the stock market is too risky” I simply can’t agree with that for many reasons the most prominent reason being that if you plan out your investments the stock market becomes significantly less risky and more profitable. They say this is prime investing weather, however a bullish market can be very difficult to invest in and slightly riskier than usual due to the potential volatility of the market that being said this is the time when you can make the most money on the market due to that same volatility. Inflation has not been defeated and we see about a .5% each year due to employment. The federal reserve is a private company the controls interest rates.