Over 50,000 at 3pm EST.

Did you buy anything yesterday? I took a few nibbles. Should have bit harder.

It's just like a volley ball game, one minute it's down the next it's up, mostly Fridays the worst but today is an exception !

No buying for me PF I see it ended at 50,115

But, but, but, I thought the sky was falling? I thought we were getting ready to be in a depression and have soup lines?

WTH!!!

Evaluations are still sky high.

I supect the fed will start printing/easing agin and inflation will climb along with assets. Reasoning in using is ita about the only thing he can do with our debt level since they won't cut spending, soiled programs or raise taxes. Enough due to being political suicide. History backs this up as well. I could be wrong just the theory of a heavy equipment operator so not worth much..

Stock market is nothing more than a casino, hasn't been based on reality in decades. Be ugly when it crash's the next time, not sure China has enough money to bail us out again.

Oh I don’t know about calling it a casino.
Stock market has a pretty consistent, demonstrating a long time pattern of up about every three years then maybe down one. Cycles right along with election years. Investing is a marathon not a sprint so I don’t get too excited over the swings up or down (records included) I just watch the long term patterns and direction. If you have a good diversified portfolio and a disciplined approach of feeding it, and patience, it’s hard to beat the stock market for average gains over the long haul.
The folks that go in/out tend to do the worst unless I course you are excellent with options and day trading. But that approach is also the fastest way to lose if you are not good at that.
Been very good me over past 35 years investing. You cannot beat the power of compounded earnings over time.
Even a couple good growth mutual funds with lost costs will generally get you an average of 12+ percent gains over time and I don’t know anything else that will push those returns out consistently over time with so little hands on needed.
Jim

I ain’t got the guts for the stock market… shoot I get nervous over holding ginseng too long

I own some stock but mostly just ignore it. I've tried to be more hands on with it, but just can't generate any interest in the game.

S&P 500 has performed well for years yes there is risk but it’s not a casino

Not a casino

Capital markets are the greatest wealth creator ever devised

Available to anyone/everyone,,,

It’s unfortunate how many folks have missed out, or are missing out

If you are young, invest and make it hurt NOW!!! The key to successful investing is time. Do it now and you can relax later. impossible to catch up if you wait too long.

Warren Buffett says to put your dollars into the SAP 500 and let it ride for the long haul. You can self invest through Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab.

Truer words have never been spoken.

A casino has consistent, known house advantage. The stock market listings reveal everything an investor needs to know to decide if he/she wants to be a part-owner in said company. Understand that when you buy shares in any company listed on the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, or S&P, as well as most over the counter stocks, you "own" a portion of that company.
Do your homework before laying out your hard-earned cash. The companies lay out everything you could possibly need to know about their business, and all of them are trying to make bank. Some businesses are better than others at doing so, and it's up to the individual investors to find out which ones are executing and which ones are not.
The day-to-day swings in stock prices are not for the true "investor" to trouble over. Day trading is a full-time job, and not for most people. Long-term investing should be for nearly everyone.

I’m still fairly young and trying to learn how to invest in stocks in addition to putting into my Roth IRA. I’ve mostly been taking advice from others, but now want to understand the why behind it. I understand looking at companies performance through revenue, cash flow, expenses, etc. Other than that I’m pretty clueless on how to pick a company. I’m interested in power companies and AI adjacent companies currently, because they seem to inevitably be poised to grow no matter what

Capitalism and the freedom to do so is what made this country great. You can be a part of it or not.

When my mother finally couldn't be at home by herself any longer my "smarter" older siblings sold her house and invested the money in the stock market for her long term care. That $170,000 turned into 89,000 in less than two years before it finally got pulled out.

For short term the stock market is a super risky option.

Following Warren Buffets advice. Invest in the S&P 500 and let it ride for the long haul. Just keep putting it in and make it hurt. Get you a brokerage account with a trusted investor and tell him how you want it invested. A brokerage account gives you all options of all stocks. Some of the IRA plans limit your investment choices.

Make sure they don't force you into a long term "plan" where they gradually decrease your risky investments to basically bonds over time. Ensure that you can put your money in what you want based on your individual risk tolerance regardless of your age.