The REAL cause to the market crash in 2008.

A lot of people like to point different fingers to what caused the market crash, but I think the answer if right in front of us.

It wasn't subprime mortgages, it wasn't bankers, it wasn't Main Street, it wasn't leverage/derivatives/CDOs/collateral/tranches:

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The SPX was hitting historical resistance (a.k.a Supply levels). Usually, when we reach thise historical levels, there is more supply than demand which casues sellers to come in. I think this is why we saw the market drop, there weren't enough buyers to break that key supply level.

 
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A lot of people like to point different fingers to what caused the market crash, but I think the answer if right in front of us.

It wasn't subprime mortgages, it wasn't bankers, it wasn't Main Street, it wasn't leverage/derivatives/CDOs/collateral/tranches:

https://gyazo.com/61a15166504900ec3f448838996071a9

The SPX was hitting historical resistance (a.k.a Supply levels). Usually, when we reach thise historical levels, there is more supply than demand which casues sellers to come in. I think this is why we saw the market drop, there weren't enough buyers to break that key supply level.

ok.............. so ask 'why were there not enough buyers'

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