[quote=“BC post=241660 userid=892”]I’ve got a helluva lot more super than that Flagster but fortunately, as I approach retirement I recalled the chaos of the last Strumpet administration and restructured my port folio at the start of the year to only be exposed to 20% local and overseas shares.
Even still it’s dropped quite a decent chunk of change on paper, but I’m going to ride it out for a while longer as it only becomes a loss when I sell out. My biggest fear is that global trade as we once knew it is gone for good and the prosperity we all enjoyed is a thing of the past.
It certainly is now for developing countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia and even Vietnam who will more than likely turn towards China thanks to Trump.
It’s a very dark day when I can say that I now trust China more than the US.
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Plenty now feeling the same, rational economic players in China, which is why they Japan and South Korea and banding together to go against the US, something never seen before.
It started to cross my mind as well, that we junk Trump and team up with China, like Japan after all they are far more important to trade to us. Paul Keating sounded like he was onto something.
COMMSEC have warned clients their website has crashed due to sales activity not seen since the GFC
South Korea have suspended their Stock Market, due to impending collapse
VRI Fear Index has now passed the GFC level.
Standard and Poors have 60% chance of US recession this year.
AUD has dropped to lowest in 5 years. ( COVID Levels )
Amazing during the GFC the gov was doing all it could to try and prevent a crash, this time they have actually caused one.
Trump might get taken out by Wall Street.