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It is just me, or are there a lot of people waiting for a crash?
I've lived through the 2000 and 2008 crashes, but wasn't in a position to take advantage of them. Both were similar, in that most people were taken by surprise, and a few who were in good positions swooped in and took advantage of fire sales in the stock and RE markets.
Since then, people have been predicting when the next crash will happen. Despite a huge run-up of the stock and RE markets, and tons of money pouring into both, they are also many people sitting on the sidelines waiting for the next buying opportunity.
Since I wasn't watching the markets back then, I can't speak intelligently on it. From a gut feeling, it feels like there are a much higher amount of people just waiting for "the next crash" as if it's something that's guaranteed to happen.
If this is true, then wouldn't that soften or even negate the effects of any downturn that may occur? If a huge amount of vulture investors come to swoop up the fire sales, then a crash won't happen. There's a strong sentiment in the stock market and Real Estate markets now that they will ALWAYS recover, and many investors will hold through any downturn, seeing the recoveries that happened with the previous crashes.
To those of you who were in the markets before, were there always this many investors waiting patiently for a crash, or is it a new phenomenon?
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- Lender
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Bp members have been predicting waiting for the crash, the bubble, what ever you want to call it for about 5 years now.
I think just like 08 crash credit markets are getting very very tight and the first to go is INVESTOR credit.. so if you dont have some decent cash or can pay cash.. a good fico and 30k in the bank is not going to get you anything is my prediction if this continues or gets worse.
- Jay Hinrichs
- Podcast Guest on Show #222
