What's up grandma's guys here so throughout the last few days, there's been a new topic: that's begun to make its way around the internet, and we got to break this down because it's from the renowned investor ray dalio, with some rather serious claims that would affect all Of us as investors on may 2nd, he went on record to say that the stock market was on the edge of a bubble similar to the magnitude of the dot-com crash and the 1929 great depression. According to him, bubbles like this could be measured throughout six predictable categories that repeat themselves throughout history, of which i'll admit is eerily similar to what we're seeing today. This also comes at the same time that the stock market saw its worst start to the year since 1939 fund performance hit an all-time low, and the survey found that people were more pessimistic about the stock market today than they were at the start of the covet Shutdown or in 2009, so let's break this down what this means for you, how our market today compares with previous bubbles throughout history and then my own thoughts about what he says right after, of course, you pop that, like bubble for the youtube algorithm by giving it A gentle tap and subscribing - if you haven't done that already so thanks so much and also big. Thank you to ftx us for sponsoring this video, but more on that later, all right, so to start ray dalio needs no introduction, but just in case he does here's.

Why so many people listen to what he has to say? He currently runs the world's largest hedge fund, bridgewater associates that was founded in 1975.. Throughout that time, bridgewater has grown to over 140 billion dollars under management, often beating out the s p 500 and in the process ray dalio's gained over 45 years of macro investing experience throughout some of the biggest boom and bust cycles in the market. In this case, he now has caused to believe that we are in the midst of a bubble and as a way to see it coming he's broken it down into six categories. First, high prices relative to traditional measures of value; second, unsustainable conditions like extrapolating past revenue and earnings.

That cannot be sustained. Third, many new naive buyers who were only attracted because the market goes up. Fourth, broad bullish sentiment: fifth, a large portion of the market financed by debt and six, a lot of forward and speculative purchases made to bet on those price gains continuing of course, throughout the last few years we have seen some of the highest valuations on record. Companies were valued based on unsustainable past performance.

New investors bought in at record numbers throughout the covet shutdown. Bullish sentiment hit an all-time high at the end of 2021. margin. Debt hit a record just six months ago, and one could say that there was a lot of excitement for investing because stonks only go up so on the surface.

Quite a lot backs up ray dalio's belief that maybe the market could be in a bubble and is about to burst the moment. You finally decide to invest. That's because, in january of this year, he called out the excessive valuations of certain companies which later turned out to be true. He noted that the bubble indicator was approaching 70 percent of the peaks last seen in both 1929 and 2001, suggesting that some stocks were severely overvalued and poised to crash under the right conditions, or, i guess wrong conditions if they caused them to crash either way.

They were about to fall, there were fewer buyers entering the market. Investor sentiment was irrationally optimistic and ipos were the highest they've been since 2001., but since that first article came out, the stock market has for a lack of a better word popped, and he was right for calling them out. However, he makes it a point to mention that bubbles could take a very long time to unwind and that just because they aren't at a bubble, extreme does not mean that they are safe or that it's a good time to go long. In fact, u.s stocks in aggregate still look overvalued by our measures, as he suggests once a bubble pops.

It continues to trend downward, and in this case most previous bubbles tend to settle around 20 percent, which gives us a little more room to potentially fall. In fact, emerging tech has followed the exact same trajectory as both 2001 and 1929, and now the biggest question remains: how do we compare throughout the rest of the market with prices now down anywhere from 15 to 70 percent? Well, he shows that relative to previous bubbles, the market is high, but dropping the price to earnings. Growth is also somewhat elevated, but as fewer newer investors enter, the market valuations have had a chance to come back down now forward. Growth suggests that there might be more room to drop, but the shocker from all of this is that bullish sentiment is at an all-time low.

Now, here's why that last point is so interesting. Studies have shown that generally, the more people believe they're to be an upcoming crash. The more likely the market is to do the exact opposite of that and not crash. After all, the beginning of a recession is usually after peak euphoria, not after peak fear.

So when consumer sentiment drops and bullish sentiment is at an all-time low, that usually indicates that hey, you know what it might be a pretty good time to buy. As proof of this just look at the data throughout the last 60 years. Large declines in consumer sentiment translates to an average 23 gain in the s p 500 over those following 12 months. We also have something called the us crash confidence index.

That's a tongue twister! Just try saying that three times anyway, that measures investor sentiment and how likely they think a crash is going to happen now. This is really important because the overwhelming data finds that the average investor is almost always wrong with the most crucial points and if the average investor believes prices are about to go a lot higher, usually that's a sign that things will get a lot worse. This also works in reverse, where the more worried investors are, the more likely we are to have bottomed out and now that we've begun to trend downwards. Maybe this could be a sign that we're about to see a reversal now.

This is also mirrored by the warren buffett, fear and greed index, which analyzes that right now, the market is mainly driven by fear, especially as the market trades well below its 125-day moving average. Although, even though it seems that we could be coming up on a reversal before we talk about what this means for all of us as investors and whether or not ray dalio believes we're still in a bubble, we need to talk about the very popular saying, sell In may and go away, but before we go into that, the one thing i'm not selling is cryptocurrency and with prices having fallen about 50 from their all-time highs, if you're looking to buy, sell track or trade, a multitude of cryptocurrencies and nfts all in one place With fees that are up to 85 lower than the top competitors, then our sponsor ftxus is there to help they're one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world in terms of daily users and trading volume and their founder sam bankman freed. As someone who i've been following for years as a highly respected figure in the cryptocurrency space, this has been the crypto brokerage that i've personally been using throughout the entire year, because they're one of the few companies that allows me to set up an automatic recurring, buy. So i could dollar cost average into the markets on a regular basis to build my portfolio just select what you want, how often you want to buy and how much you want to buy and then swipe right plus they give you free crypto on every trade over Ten dollars, their crypto debit card is accepted throughout millions of merchants worldwide.

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The phrase is said to have originated from an old english saying, sell in may, when merchants and bankers noticed that their investment returns were lower in the summer throughout london's financial district. But in the modern era it is thought that the stock market tends to underperform in the six-month period between may and october. Although is there actually any evidence to prove this? Actually, as it turns out, there is kind of. It is true that generally investors are more likely to go on vacation and take time off between memorial, day and labor day, which means less activity in the market and downward pressure on prices.

As a result, one chart shows that since 1928 the average may delivered a return of negative 0.1 percent. However, since 1950, the may, through october time frame, has returned an average of positive 0.3 and in 2021 may return to 0.56 percent and the year before, that was 4.53. The other interesting point is that, even though may isn't historically a great month, it was found that going all the way back to 1928. The june august period typically is the second best of the year, with gains 63 of the time and an average return of 2.97 and over the last 10 years, stocks have delivered positive returns over every six-month period between may and october.

So in recent history, even though yes may doesn't typically do as well some of the other months, it can do well, plus, let's be real. Trying to time the market based on an old english saying is probably a pretty horrible idea in terms of ray dalio, though his data shows that, yes, the market is considered expensive according to their historic indicators, but if anything, it is a good sign that people are Beginning to be bearish, because if anything, irrational exuberance is a much bigger indicator of a bubble than excessive pessimism, of course, he also suggests that the market could have some more room to fall with the disclaimer that what one chooses to do with this is a tactile Decision he also goes on to say that bubbles, often over correct and sell off beyond what their fundamentals would suggest, implying that if things get bad prices get worse and that could be a fantastic opportunity to keep buying in. However, on the other hand, the housing market is a completely different story. Just like most americans are bearish on the stock market.

A new poll found that only 30 of americans believe that now is a good time to buy a house which is the lowest on record. Since they started the survey in 1978 and it's the first time that less than 50 of the people across the country thought it was a good time to buy. The result is that the negative assessment may keep more people out of the market, leading to slower sales, resulting in a build up of inventory and eventually lower housing values. There's also the ongoing issue of home affordability, which right now is almost the worst on record.

In fact, with rates now having risen, an extra 50 basis points in the largest rate increase since 2000. If housing prices stayed the exact same, we could hit a new low for housing affordability any day now, with the average monthly payment having increased 72. Since the onset of the pandemic, the issue today is that you have a lot of people rushing into the markets to get ahead of the mortgage rates, with the assumption that, if they don't buy right now, rates are going to be higher in the future. We're also seeing what's described as a lock-in effect where homeowners refuse to move, because otherwise they'd be giving up a historically low interest rate.

Of course, if we apply the same logic that if the average investor is almost always wrong and they think it's a bad time to buy, then maybe it's a good time to buy all right, i'm kind of joking, but i will say that as a real estate Investor now, for over a decade, this is actually the time i'm beginning to get back into the real estate market, because there are finally deals to be had from sellers who want to sell or cash out quick. It was a long process, but i partnered with other investors, like ryan pineda, to lock in two deals that were much larger than i'd. Be able to do myself on my own for anyone curious one is a mix between commercial and residential lofts in st louis and the other is a project in phoenix arizona where i believe we'll continue to see consistent, long-term growth. It's also unique because we're opening this up to accredited investors, who could literally invest right alongside with us, so if you're interested in partnering i'll link to everything down below in the description on top of that rents tend to be fairly consistent over time, even throughout the Price fluctuation, so as a long-term investor, consistent cash flow to me seems a lot more appealing as far as where i think prices are going to be throughout the next few years.

I'll be honest, i would not be surprised if rising rates leads to some softening throughout the markets, and some parts of the country could begin to see a lot more inventory, but because of a lack of new building and strong demand, i would not be surprised if Prices still remained fairly high, at least until they changed the laws for more construction and building one day. So to answer the title of the video it does appear as though ray dalio did correctly call out several segments of the market that were drastically overvalued and have fallen a significant amount, if you were all in spac ipos on emerging tech during stay-at-home plays chances are, If you didn't sell, you've lost a lot of money. However, it is a lot more difficult to determine whether or not the broad market is overvalued, and even though, as data shows that it is expensive relative to past history, that doesn't mean it can't go even higher. So to me, the biggest solution for all of this is to simply diversify, as continuously as possible, throughout as many different sectors as possible, whether that be stocks, real estate, cash and even a little bit of cryptocurrency and then from there just understand that prices will fluctuate.

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