"...the slowing GDP growth rate in America..."
Q1, Q2 and Q3 2018 are all higher than anything that came before.
Quite hard to see higher derivatives or rates in the g vs. t graph. You need to plot at least dg/dt vs t to see. But definitely need dg/g vs t to see.
Haven’t looked at the true data (though it would be unsurprising) but your graph on its own hard to spot plus explanation makes no sense.
100,200,300,400,500
100%,50%,33%,25%
Increasing g, decreasing dg/g
Growth in Q1, Q2 and Q3 2018 was higher than anything that came before.
I think the key words are "projected future". Sometimes that estimation is easy; sometimes it is much harder. New tech introduces uncertainty. Speculative entrepreneurs tell stories that multiply the uncertainty.
Because it's pretty common for educational materials to start with the first-order approximation, then go into the places where you need second-order corrections to it.
If you think the first-order approximation is false because there are exceptions, and you aren't even willing to read a few paragraphs down to find out about the exceptions and nuances, then hey, it's your loss.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WSpR770JvXg&pp=ygUYbWlrZSBncmV...
And we vote on vibes.
Check it out. You’ll learn the easy, certain, slow way to accumulate wealth. Your future self will be very happy.
And by "certain", you mean "not certain". The core tenet are index funds, and while for the average person, they're probably better than stock-picking, you're absolutely exposing yourself to market risk.
Dollar cost averaging (investing the same percentage of every paycheck) is the winning strategy over the medium and long run.
Stock prices are tied to anticipated future earnings, not past or present financials.
> only people with disposable income can afford
Anyone can invest in stocks with $100 or less. As for disposable income, anyone that can buy beer, drugs, or lottery tickets has disposable income that can be invested in stocks.
> part of the funnel that increases the wealth of the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class
Corporations make money by creating wealth, not "funneling" it from other people.
Especially in response to a post that is solely trying to teach some basic economic principles.
I attribute this to the complete lack of any school teachers or professors having any business experience whatsoever.
None of my K-12 grade school classes said anything about free markets. None offered any accounting instruction, or finance instruction, or anything about managing money.
It's a sad state of affairs.
It's really unfortunate that what was a place to talk about tech and startups (and therefore capitalism and investing) with people living that experience is now yet another another online progressive cesspool.
I stopped buying stocks a few years ago. The moment there is a contraction of credit or circulating currency we will see a 1929 style crash. Not worth the risk anymore.
I'll say it another way. The government can pay off its debt by making your money worthless.
I changed my investment habits as soon as I recognized it. I am already happy I did.
There are also healthy ways to encourage economic growth, but those are too boring for the current moment.