Will the U.S. Stock Market Crash in 2015?

[trumptarget]

With the broader U.S. stock markets trading near record highs, it’s not a big surprise to hear that most analysts, economists, and investors are increasingly bullish about the stock market. The last thing you’d expect to hear is someone talking about a stock market crash in 2015. And why would they? After all, the stock market has been moving steadily higher since bottoming in March 2009. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is up 165% since early 2009 and is in record territory, while the NASDAQ is up 275%. The most popular stock market indices have followed a similar trajectory. The S&P 500 is probably the best overall index when it comes to measuring the health of the U.S. economy, because it captures approximately 80% of the available market capitalization. The S&P 500 climbed 8.1% in 2012 and 30% in 2013. It’s up 12% year-to-date and has climbed more than 210% since early 2009. In August 2014, it broke through 2,000 for the first time ever and is closing in on 2,100.

 

[brandon]

I have no idea but I'd love another "crash" like 2007.

 

[Schifference]

Only if the government or elites find it in their best interest then yes it will most definitely crash. If not it will be record highs.

 

[ILUVRP]

every year they say it will happen next year . the hedge funds are in charge of the markets .

 

[oyarde]

I have no idea but I'd love another "crash" like 2007.

Not me , I a planning on retiring sometime between now and ten yrs .

 

[Zippyjuan]

every year they say it will happen next year . the hedge funds are in charge of the markets .

Eventually they might be right. A stopped clock and all...

 

[Zippyjuan]

every year they say it will happen next year . the hedge funds are in charge of the markets .

Eventually they might be right. A stopped clock and all...

 

[trumptarget]

I have no idea but I'd love another "crash" like 2007.

And why so? you will love??

 

[jllundqu]

And why so? you will love??

I would. The US needs to liquidate its bad debt and let the market determine true value in real estate and other tangibles. They should let interest rates rise to what the market dictates. The too big to fail banks should crumble to ashes and the billionares who are neck deep in derivatives, credit default swaps, mortgage backed securities, and the like should all go bankrupt and jump out a window.

In the world I see – you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.


--Tyler Durden

 

[ctiger2]

It will crash UP just like the dollar is.

 

[brandon]

And why so? you will love??

So I can buy dirt cheap stock again and then watch it triple in the next decade, all over again.

 

[Madison320]

In terms of real money I expect the market to crash eventually. In terms of dollars, no. My guess is that stocks will go up from inflation, but most everything else will go up faster. Except wages!

I still think the more interesting question is whether the Fed loosens or tightens next. Will we get higher rates or more QE? My bet is on more QE.

 

[Ronin Truth]

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra

 

[oyarde]

In terms of real money I expect the market to crash eventually. In terms of dollars, no. My guess is that stocks will go up from inflation, but most everything else will go up faster. Except wages!

I still think the more interesting question is whether the Fed loosens or tightens next. Will we get higher rates or more QE? My bet is on more QE.

Wages will remain stagnant , too many people entering the work force .