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your favourite Canadian thinks that the market "must" go up again. Why is
One theory is that the US is becoming "Japanified"
This is a widely-held belief
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4375527-japanification-of-united-states-is-complete
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/summers-says-u-s-economy-now-confronts-japanification
https://www.capitalgroup.com/institutional/insights/articles/japanification.html
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-what-a-japanification-of-the-us-would-look-like-2019-12-09
etc
so
take a look at this chart
The Nikkei peaked in 1990 at 39k
It gradually went down to below 8k in 2004, that's more than an 80% drop
now it's near 26k
So that's a 30 year wait to lose only 35% of your money
No gains, no averaging up
Tell me why that "can't happen" in the US
Sounds to me like you bottled it and cashed out in the dip in 2008 and now live in fear. Millions and millions of people were invested in 2008 in mutual funds, as was I, and as I keep saying when the market crashes the best course of action is to do nothing and leave your portfolio alone, keep paying in regularly and get the benefit of dollar cost averaging.
Of course the US market can fall into slow decline but so can any market, anywhere. You have to take risk but being diversified in different sectors and markets helps limit the risk. It's not rocket surgery. It just adds to Ben Felix's assertion that investing in the Global Index is the best strategy.
Its not quite the way I invest but I am in 2 global funds, 1 small holding in a US only fund that holds 40 companies and a large chunk in UK small companies fund that holds about 50 companies. The global funds hold a sizeable percentage of US stocks as that's how the world market is shaped.
You clearly take a different path and strategy. That's your choice. I'm perfectly comfortable with mine, it's been road tested by millions of people worldwide.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/205192-learning-from-nikkei-monthly-moving-averages
Another one to watch which is having a comeback based mainly on speculation is bitcoin. I think Paypal are now accepting transactions with bitcoin, as well as some other apps. The derivatives market for bitcoin is also growing.
"From a practical point of view, Tesla does not have enough European presence which means they are likely to run into all sorts of problems with transporting their wares and with tariffs.Moreover, if you have an accident in a BMW, the dealership up the road can get you the replacement parts you need very quickly. It might take Tesla months."
The author appears to have ignored the fact that construction of the Tesla Berlin Gigactory is steaming ahead at an incredibly fast rate and it will service European production:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2020/07/11/teslas-shift-to-cobalt-free-batteries-is-its-most-important-move-yet/?sh=7993832f46b4
I test drove one, and the interior trim of the £100k car was like a typical £30k BMW
BMW and Merc, etc. have decades of manufacturing experience of car building. swapping engines and a fuel tank for batteries and electric motors should be a lot easier than learning to build a world class car manufacturing business.
As already pointed out, batteries may not be the endgame anyway, and as I've already said, Tesla are something like 5% of the battery market.
In what way are they "years ahead" of anyone else? Because they were making batteries first?
Various phone makers are years ahead of Apple for technical patents, but Apple seems to do rather well
Merc and BMW will continue to dominate I reckon
btw: although Teslas are fast, all the rich IT guys I know in Cali drive fast petrol European-made cars. Image matters a lot.
The institutional short sellers looking more and more like anachronisms as each day passes as the Millennials pile in. Forecast prices being revised upwards.
Less that 2 weeks to S&P500 inclusion day when $70BN is estimated to be bought/sold by the index funds to maintain profile.
A fascinating story. I personally think Tesla stock could go much, much higher yet., $1200, $1500+
the Robin Hood guys are all sat on stop losses
If I did invest in single stocks, I would pick Tesla, happily commit £20-30K. I would buy now, even at these prices and hold for at least 10 years, maybe top slicing annually or bi-annually along the way to enjoy the profits.
Amazon had a USP, I don't see that with Tesla
I have another high-risk recommendation for £20k that looks more likely to succeed, tell me if you are interested
are you ready to wait 25 years to retire?
Doesn't seem half as sharp and poised as he usually does
You seem to have a blinkered aversion to US stocks based on irrational fear.
It's highly unlikely that the erratic Federal monetary policies of the 1920/30s that lead to the 1929 stock sell off and subsequent depression will repeat in the US, highly unlikely. If and when current US “bubble” as you put it bursts stock prices will simply revert to the mean which over the longer term is healthy and steady gains. I don't expect any more than the long term average for my retirement planning.
It's my UK holdings that have underperformed this year (they are picking up now and I hope 2021 will be a good strong year for UK stocks) but being diversified with some high flying US stocks in the portfolio has balanced things out so my retirement plans remain on track. My biggest effort towards retirement at present is getting debt free and paying off the mortgage, I pile in with big salary sacrifice after that from 2022 onwards, that's when the investing sums ramp up big time.
I'm attacking the idea that people investing primarily in the US market (like your Canadian favourite guru) don't need to worry about dips and crashes because the market will recover quickly. It didn't in the US in 1929, and it didn't in Japan more recently.
Reverting to the mean in the US means a very big drop
Anyway - more importantly for you:
your salary sacrifice idea is good, I've done the same, but you need to read up on UK tax / pension law
If you increase your annual contribution by more than 10% a year, they classify it as money recycling (I think that's the term), and they will apply a 55% tax penalty on the contributions, I will try to find the detail for you later.
https://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/about-pensions/saving-into-a-pension/pensions-and-tax/pension-lump-sum-recycling
talks about 30% of total tax free amount
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm133830
for this reason, I calculated when my "safe" date to retire is after contributing heavily for the last 3-4 years
I suspect this won't catch you, but it's too risky to just assume that, so I'd have a look at this and call them for advice
If I was one of the "Teslanaires"...yes I would, I would sell today on the eve of Tesla joining the S&P500 index...that would have been retirement sorted!
"Brandon Smith does not own one of Tesla Inc.’s sleek electric cars. In the small town south of Milwaukee where he lives, even seeing one on the road is rare.
But in late June 2017, Smith poured $10,000 of savings into Tesla’s stock. He said it was the first time he’d ever invested in a company. That was just the start. Each paycheck, Smith, a video producer, would pay his bills and then buy additional shares with the rest.
“I don’t make six figures, and I don’t know anything about puts and options,” Smith, 32, said in a phone interview. “I’ve just bought and held the entire time. I’ve never sold a single share.”
Now Smith has joined the ranks of the “Teslanaires,” as some of the company’s investors call themselves, with a holding that he says has ballooned to over $1 million, fueled by a rally of nearly 684% this year as of Thursday’s close."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/tesla-s-tsla-stock-price-an-army-of-millionaire-retail-traders-hold-on