Top Financial Expert Warns Stocks Need To Drop ‘Between 30 And 40 Percent’

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    This report was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse

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    Will there be a major stock market crash before the end of 2017? To many of us, it seems like we have been waiting for this ridiculous stock market bubble to burst for a very long time. The experts have been warning us over and over again that stocks cannot keep going up like this indefinitely, and yet this market has seemed absolutely determined to defy the laws of economics. But most people don’t remember that we went through a similar thing before the financial crisis of 2008 as well. I recently spoke to an investor that shorted the market three years ahead of that crash. In the end his long-term analysis was right on the money, but his timing was just a bit off, and the same thing will be true with many of the experts this time around.

    On Monday, I was quite stunned to learn what Brad McMillan had just said about the market. He is considered to be one of the brightest minds in the financial world, and he told CNBC that stocks would need to fall “somewhere between 30 and 40 percent just to get to fair value”…

    Brad McMillan — who counsels independent financial advisors representing $114 billion in assets under management — told CNBC on Monday that the stock market is way overvalued.

    The market probably would have to drop somewhere between 30 and 40 percent to get to fair value, based on historical standards,” said McMillan, chief investment officer at Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Financial Network.

    McMillan’s analysis is very similar to mine. For a long time I have been warning that valuations would need to decline by at least 40 or 50 percent just to get back to the long-term averages.

    And stock valuations always return to the long-term averages eventually. Only this time the bubble has been artificially inflated so greatly that a return to the long-term averages will be absolutely catastrophic for our system.

    Meanwhile, trouble signs for the real economy continue to erupt. As noted in the headline, it appears that Toys R Us is on the brink of bankruptcy

    Toys R Us has hired restructuring lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis to help address looming $400 million in debt due in 2018, CNBC had previously reported, noting that bankruptcy was one potential outcome.

    Kirkland declined to comment.

    Earlier Monday, Reorg Research, a news service focused on bankruptcy and distressed debt, reported Toys R Us could file for bankruptcy as soon as Monday.

    This is yet another sign that 2017 is going to be the worst year for retail store closings in U.S. history. I don’t know how anyone can look at what is happening to the retail industry (or the auto industry for that matter) and argue that the U.S. economy is in good shape.

    But most Americans seem to base their opinions on how the economy is doing by how well the stock market is performing, and thanks to relentless central bank intervention, stock prices have just kept going up and up and up.

    In so many ways, what we are watching today is a replay of the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s, and this is something that McMillan also commented on during his discussion with CNBC…

    Part of McMillan’s thesis is rooted in his belief that the lofty levels of the so-called FANG stocks — FacebookAmazonNetflix and Google-parent Alphabet — seem reminiscent of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s.

    “I’ve been saying for about the past year, this year looks a lot like 1999 to me,” McMillan said on “Squawk Box.” “If you look at the underlying economics [and] if look at the stock market, the similarities are remarkable.”

    I am amazed that so many big names continue to issue extremely ominous warnings about the financial markets, and yet most Americans seem completely unconcerned.

    It is almost as if 2008 never happened. None of our long-term problems were fixed after that crisis, and the current bubble that we are facing is far larger than the bubble that burst back then.

    I don’t know why more people can’t see these things. It has gotten to a point where “even Goldman Sachs is getting worried”

    The stock market bubble is now so massive that even Goldman Sachs is getting worried.

    Let’s be clear here: Wall Street does best and makes the most money when stocks are roaring higher. So in order for a major Wall Street firm like Goldman to start openly worrying about whether or not the markets are going to crash, there has to be truly MASSIVE trouble brewing.

    On that note, Goldman’s Bear Market indicator just hit levels that triggered JUST BEFORE THE LAST TWO MARKET CRASHES.

    When things fall apart this time, it is going to be even worse than what we went through in 2008. In the aftermath, we are going to need people that understand that we need to fundamentally redesign how our system works, and that is something that I hope to help with. We cannot base our financial system on a pyramid of debt, and we cannot allow Wall Street to operate like a giant casino. Our entire economy has essentially become a colossal Ponzi scheme, and it is inevitable that it is going to come horribly crashing down at some point.

    But for now, the blind continue to lead the blind, and most Americans are not going to wake up until we have gone over the edge.

    GetPreparedNow-MichaelSnyderBarbaraFixMichael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years.Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog and The American Dream

    If you want to know what is coming and what you can do to prepare, read his latest book [amazon text=Get Prepared Now!: Why A Great Crisis Is Coming & How You Can Survive It&asin=150522599X].

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      12 Comments

      1. Good ol’ Michael Snyder again! Back to sleep.

        • Your natural state…sleep…

          • When you finally do wake up, don’t complain!

      2. Top Financial Expert Warns Stocks Need To Drop ‘Between 30 And 40 Percent’

        Wonder how the folks in these retirement programs will feel about that?

        • I’m retired.
          My pensions are
          funded primarily
          by corporate and government
          Bonds and real estate.
          Stock market,
          gold, silver markets can
          puke all over themselves
          It won’t affect me all that
          much.

        • Anyone – and I mean ANYONE – who believes that their retirement plan is safe (Social Security, some corporate pension, a government pension, 401k…….. ) is sadly deluded and I feel truly sorry for. What’s coming is loss. A total loss for all those poor souls. And I do believe that not only due to the loss; but more, because of the mental and emotional breakdown that will follow from that same proof of misplaced faith there will be suicides, desperation, horrible poverty and death that will follow. Even gold and silver, unless stored in amounts great enough to last the remainder of one’s life, will also suffer from lack of worth when no one will trade a can of beans for a bar of either. The only security is being able to keep producing what you need to endure and survive. That’s it. Forget retirement or a daydream of kicking back and enjoying the fruits of your life’s labor. Ain’t going to happen. You, me – all of us – need to realize we will work til we die in the traces.

          • My Pension checks could stop tomorrow.
            I will still have food, water, and transportation.
            Admittedly my mule is a real pain to deal with.

            Not everyone can have acreage and preparations
            for just about anything.
            But we should all prepare for what we can.
            In my opinion, leave the cities, stay away from
            Democrats, and have more ammunition than
            you can easily count.

      3. They are railing against the GOP tax cut for the wealthy and corporations on C-Span now, 70% of citizens oppose this handout to the already rich. Inequality gone berserk. Smoke and mirrors hide the expected impact.

      4. I hate it when they make laws without releasing details. I heard people under $25,000 anual income will pay no income taxes? Over $25,000 – will pay xxx? Middle class and corporate class will get the largest tax cuts. The top tier millions-billions will pay more than ever. The top tier like Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, Apple, etc., will only pass those expenses on to the consumer. .???
        That said….can the bottom tier claim operating expenses (deductions)? Or is it post card tax form based on income only…no deductions… just flat tax? Cough cough….. That could be a double edge sword…giving to you in one hand and taking away with the other.
        Oh well…I’m not going to worry at this point in time. Can’t get blood out of a turnip!!! That isn’t my world any more.

        • We just need to place our faith in the politicians. Nancy Pelosi gave us very good advice about why we need to trust her:

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7dDSgbaQ0

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