Trillions of dollars wiped from stock markets..

[Mottie]

..but where has it gone? If somebody had lost, surely someone else has gained? Money just doesn’t vanish into thin air unless it wasn’t really there in the first place.

 

[IT Minion]

..but where has it gone? If somebody had lost, surely someone else has gained? Money just doesn’t vanish into thin air unless it wasn’t really there in the first place.

Yeah, no, that's not how it works.

Think of the stock market like house prices. Your house is worth only as much as someone is willing to pay for it.

 

[Wayners]

I'm 100s up on Celsius and 100s down on my ETFs. I'm nearly in the red as a total. Maybe time to buy some bargain stocks but I think this can't continue as the supply chains will start to fail.

 

[noseall]

..but where has it gone? If somebody had lost, surely someone else has gained? Money just doesn’t vanish into thin air unless it wasn’t really there in the first place.

F**K 'em and their portfolios.

 

[IT Minion]

..but where has it gone? If somebody had lost, surely someone else has gained? Money just doesn’t vanish into thin air unless it wasn’t really there in the first place.

Yeah, no, that's not how it works.

Think of the stock market like house prices. Your house is worth only as much as someone is willing to pay for it.

And to take the analogy further, your house is now in Desden in 1944 and the US Air force under General Donald J Trump has announced he's going to visit. How much is anyone going to pay for your house now? Even though nothing is destroyed yet it's very bad investment.

 

[sparkymarka]

Who cares ?

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Who cares ?

People with investments.

 

[blup]

Who cares ?

It impacts on everyone’s lives in one way or as mother, something like 60% of yanks hold stock's and shares, it impacts on the - and our - pensions.

 

[blup]

And to take the analogy further, your house is now in Desden in 1944 and the US Air force under General Donald J Trump has announced he's going to visit. How much is anyone going to pay for your house now? Even though nothing is destroyed yet it's very bad investment.

Makes you nostalgic for the brexhit house we agreed to sell without any valuation

 

[Notch7]

..but where has it gone? If somebody had lost, surely someone else has gained? Money just doesn’t vanish into thin air unless it wasn’t really there in the first place.

its valuation not money

nobody has lost anything unless they sell

 

[JohnD]

I wonder how many people, every day, liquidate their retirement funds in order to draw a pension. Some of them have the sense to sell a slice every year, or every quarter, as the time draws near.

Tesla down another 10% today, I see.

Tough for the people who had already sent their forms off.

I wonder where things will be in another month.

 

[Mottie]

its valuation not money

nobody has lost anything unless they sell

So if I buy some shares for £100 and they go down in value and I sell them for £80, who ends up with the £20 I’ve lost? Where's it gone?

 

[denso13]

If you buy a house for £100k and sell it for £80k, who ends up with the 20 you lost?

 

[Doug99]

It would be interesting to see how many of the Trump administration are buying these stocks and shares at bargain prices as they plummet.
In a couple of weeks/months Trump will begin to reign back on the tariffs and pocket $$$$ when the markets recover.

 

[pete01]

If you buy a house for £100k and sell it for £80k, who ends up with the 20 you lost?

The person you bought the house off ends up with it...dont they?