ADP

So now we know were off to war can we expect the market to rally again??


what to people think, time to buy ??

andy

Tiggs

no

TelBoy

Temporarily, maybe.

Long term, no.

jasey

There's a lot more wrong in the Global economy - I'm with Tiggs !

merkin

Define long term! I personally see a long term investment as a short term one gone wrong

BUT on a 5 year view, most definitely, yes,

[Edited by merkin - 3/18/2003 11:22:38 AM]

NotoriousREV

Anyone remember what happened to the US markets the day bombs started to drop during Desert Storm?


Up, up and away

paulr

Is Japan still heavily in debt.I read recently that 30% off all the domestic savings in the world are held by Japanese citizens.
A boom waiting to happen.

merkin

Japan are so far up Sh*t creek, the paddles snapped 10 years back

paulr

Only because they borrowed too much money,they are still...

1.Well educated
2.Work hard

....the only true way to success.

12LEE

The anticipated rally is already priced into the market.

ScoobyJawa

I have an ISA sitting festering waiting for the market to come back a bit - any ideas when a good time is to cash it in? And yes - I do wanna cash it in - ready for a loss, but minimising it would be good!

merkin

not really to do with that paul,

The country is run by people who would rather die on their own swords than instigate any real/meaningful change.

Banks are a mess of cross shareholdings, and under most conventional measures are effectively on the verge on bankruptcy.


The war with Iraq is priced into the market now, this rally is purely to do with the percieved end to uncertainty. I think theres some surprises to the downside on the way, and once the war is over, we are still left with economy (particularly in the US) in a far from healthy state.

However, all things are cyclical, and if you are looking to invest for the LONG term future, it IS cheap based on most conventional measures (although some stocks are still horrendously overvalued)

[Edited by merkin - 3/18/2003 11:44:17 AM]

PiNkEyE69

Yay, my shares have risen 20-25% in the last 48 hours!