The middle class's mistake and Japanification
Will history repeat itself?
What’s up you guys, it’s Graham here.
After weeks of panic and adjusting to changing conditions, it looks like the market is finally adjusting to the new reality.
A period of calm like this is the best time to assess what’s going on, and figure out if we are on the right course. So this week, we’ll be looking at how the frenzy last week is pushing the middle class into making terrible decisions with respect to investing, and whether the quiet we are seeing is just the calm before the storm… Something that we’ve seen happen way before, far away from here.
To make sure that you don’t make these mistakes and prepare yourself to weather any storm, let’s dive into this week’s videos!
The big mistake
With the Fed announcing that this is as aggressive as they’re going to get, even the 50-point hike that caused investors to panic last month is now being taken calmly - Talk about managing expectations! At the same time, a majority of the middle class is making one of the biggest mistakes possible - cutting back on investing in stocks, at a time when they should be doing the opposite. Let me show you why this matters, and what you should be doing to build wealth.
Will America go the way of Japan?
The land of the Samurai, anime, sushi… and a lost decade in the stock market. Japan is infamous for the Nikkei bubble which caused a market crash from which they still haven’t recovered - but what’s worrying is that the Dow Jones Index is now looking eerily similar to the days that led up to the Nikkei crash. Let’s get to the bottom of it by looking at how the US and Japanese economies compare, what the experts say, whether history can repeat itself… and most important of all - how you can make money even if the worst comes to pass.
So that’s it for my Sunday round-up. For the new folks here, in this newsletter, I give a quick recap of whatever you may have missed over the week on Sunday, and on Wednesday, I will be doing my deep-dive article on one of these topics.
See you next week with another bunch of exciting videos!
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