Bets for a Market Crash in 2016?

Well... What is everyone's opinion on a potential market crash in 2016? Many think it will happen, while many are skeptical. Berkshire Hathaway has been unloading roughly 99% of their stocks which relate to US Consumer based stocks. Many other Hedge Fund owners are doing the same. The market bubble is insane right now, which inevitably means the bubble will burst soon.

Any bets for a 2016 crash similar to 2008-2009?

 

I don't think a crash will happen in 2016. Recovery from 2008 has been slow and the last recession was pretty bad, historically speaking. P/Es are high, but value can still be found in a few sectors like fin services. I think if a correction happens, it'll probably impact high p/e growth stocks the most like what we saw with Ali baba. Also fed raising the interest rates might set off a correction as well. I'm prob gonna buy a few bonds after the interest rate increase as prices increase in the stock market. I'm going into my freshman yr of college though so what I say might be complete bs lol

 

yeah still not seeing any evidence of a bubble. Markets are at all-time highs since co's have never been more profitable. Risk premia are low given the Fed has pushed everyone into riskier asset classes. This could reverse if the Fed were to raise rates aggressively (which doesn't seem likely). Some industries are clearly elevated here (social/mobile/saas/gaming, some biotech/pharma, autos?), but for the most part I think this cycle still has at least a few year runway.

Demographics around 2025 get pretty nasty. We're likely to see a good pullback by then, if not before...

 

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