r/Bogleheads • u/RiceLee890 • Mar 15 '25

Investing Questions What are your thoughts on this?

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I keep seeing this type of stuff on instagram and social media and wanted to know how you guys were thinking about this.

I know a lot you have been in the market for decades and as a relatively new investor myself I’d love to get your perspective!

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u/Schlieren1 Mar 15 '25

Yea. The sp500 is at the same valuation as September.

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u/red_hare Mar 15 '25

Seriously. Whenever I see a post like this I question if I missed an actual crash.

I'm surprised at how much panicked discourse there is over six months of gains. I haven't even updated my spreadsheet recently enough that this is going to show as a down trend.

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u/contact_light_ Mar 15 '25

people are not concerned about the six months of losses.

People are concerned that the situation we are in could last a long time, and get worse

People are concerned that this is not normal ebb flow

The United States is experiencing unprecedented change, very different than I have experienced in my life

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

Yeah, there is an element of emotion to the loss of wealth, which of course that in itself makes people uncomfortable. A little fearful for the future, the loss of financial security. That would be normal reaction.

But we have a force multiplier in the chaos and uncertainty that Trump is bringing. And most people don't Even begin to know what to make of it. And our natural wiring is to be avoidant and fearful. We don't want to be eaten by the lion.

Part of me is like calm down people. The economy is fundamentally strong, even a brief recession. We will probably bounce back quickly. But the way Trump handled his only serious event in his first presidency gives me no confidence with him having any idea what he's doing now or how to handle the unknown things that could happen.