Post: #1

Does anyone have any news as to what the end of QE means for the United States?

Googling doesn't offer much, I saw a couple of articles describing that we could face some deflationary pressure which I honestly don't see as a bad thing.

Post: #2

I am slowly becoming convinced that the financial sector has become completely divorced from the real economy. A good jobs reports causes markets to plummet. Think about the relevance of that for a few minutes.

The unwinding of quantitative easing will be done in a slow and methodical way, with plenty of advance warning so as not to spook markers. Even then, markets will get spooked. There will probably lots of little brief periods of asset sell off. Goldman Sachs will find a way to make lots of money on that. The world will keep turning.

The problems of the real economy are structural and it's not likely that what happens in the financial sector will have too large an impact in the long term.

Post: #3

The financial sector is a fiction designed to siphon resources from those who create the resources. Note that Goldman Sachs gives money to the democrats, not the republicans. The government and Wall Street are in cahoots to rob the American worker. People should only be allowed to consume as much as they produce. Financialization is a way for the devious to ripoff those who do the work.

Post: #4

I see reports of either doom and gloom or "End of QE will make for a stock boom."

The latter of the two is BS and i can smell it a mile away. The thing is, i know the markets are driven by fear, greed, and herd mentality.

But even if it is slow and methodical, I still get the feeling that middle america is screwed and will continue to get hurt.

College kids and graduates well, are screwed regardless. They deserve it anyway.

What can i do to ease the pain of the storm? I'm pretty frugal and have a little savings (couple grand) and no debt.

Post: #5

What can i do to ease the pain of the storm? I'm pretty frugal and have a little savings (couple grand) and no debt.
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If you do not have any money in the market you will be fine. With your savings it depends on how aggressive you want to be. But in your situation I would go with a short term bond etf, therefore you will earn some interest but are not taking on a lot of risk.