Mickey7@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agoInteresting. What is really causing the rapid declinelemmy.worldimagemessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1684
arrow-up1684imageInteresting. What is really causing the rapid declinelemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square127linkfedilink
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’m not experienced with stock markets, but is the concept of ‘normal’ really relevant, especially after a whole quarter? What factors would give it a tendency to return to the prior state?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoStock markets are very close to brownian motion. There is no return to normal. There is a market portfolio (people use the s&p500 as a proxy for this) so returns of sectors or individual stocks should be made relative to this.
I’m not experienced with stock markets, but is the concept of ‘normal’ really relevant, especially after a whole quarter? What factors would give it a tendency to return to the prior state?
Stock markets are very close to brownian motion. There is no return to normal.
There is a market portfolio (people use the s&p500 as a proxy for this) so returns of sectors or individual stocks should be made relative to this.