The "K-Shaped Economy"

[Mashmont]

Look up "K-shaped economy". That's what they're calling this. It means that there are big winners and big losers in this economy.

The stock market? The Dow30, the S&P500, and the NASDAQ are all weighted indexes, meaning that the biggest companies have an outsized influence on the performance. Right now, with the massive AI buildout (you can look that up, too), both the markets and the economy are being driven by that spending and earning. Not by consumers like you and me.

So while the big tech companies like NVDA, TSLA, MSFT, META, Amazon, Google, PLTR, ORCL, AMD and AAPL are all absolutely swimming in cash and paying each other to build out AI, the rest of the economy is floundering. This is evidenced by the flat or falling performances of sectors like Financials (XLF), Health Care (XLV), Energy (XLE), Utilities (XLU), Industrials (XLI), Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Consumer Staples (XLP).

Please note: I just provided specifics. You can look all of that up.

For regular Americans, this is just bad. The tariffs have hit in the form of jobs, as companies have decided to lay off and stop hiring in response to their increased cost of doing business. That's the quickest and easiest strategy for them. The dominoes are now falling.

What does the future look like? No one knows, and if they tell you they do, they are delusional, full of shit and/or lying. And things could start turning around tomorrow. But right now, today, at this moment, this is bad and getting worse.

More leftwing naysaying and whining. This is why leftwingers never get anywhere in life.
23 of 30 DJIA stocks rose in 2025.
Exxon stock up for the year. Chevron stock up for the year. So much for the complaint about energy stocks.
The DJIA is setting new records every week. The economy is booming. 62% of Americans are invested in the stock market. Those who don't participate or work aren't doing very well. They don't do well in any economy.
The economy is very strong and getting stronger. We are at the cusp of a huge economic boom. The left is doing everything in its power to stop or badmouth it. Know what the left did when President Trump back in March gave advice to buy stocks? The left screamed "Insider information to all his billionaire buddies" when his prediction came true. Never mind Trump's advice was given freely and publicly to all. The left promotes class envy to the hilt instead of encouraging people toward excellence and success.

 

[marvin martian]

LOL!

Your propagandizing is so obvious, cultist:

What does the future look like? No one knows, and if they tell you they do, they are delusional, full of shit and/or lying.

But...

this is bad and getting worse.

 

[leftwinger]

//* Git sum Cheese *//

The CEO of TJX Companies
said on Wednesday the holiday shopping season is off to a “strong start” as the discounter behind TJ Maxx, Home Goods and Marshalls issued fiscal third-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines.

 

[Mac1958]

More leftwing naysaying and whining. This is why leftwingers never get anywhere in life.

Yes, I'm sure your economic/market experience absolutely DWARFS my 23+ years as a CFP/CLU/ChFC, 7/63/65, Author, Writer, Consultant, Speaker.

Maybe one day I'll be as informed as you.

 

[Mashmont]

Yes, I'm sure your economic/market experience absolutely DWARFS my 23+ years as a CFP/CLU/ChFC, 7/63/65, Author, Writer, Consultant, Speaker.

Maybe one day I'll be as informed as you.

I love when people try to hit me with titles and letters. This is exactly what leftwingers do. They do everything except what works.
I used to see this when I was a teacher 40 years ago. These Phds would come into the schools and tell us all these ridiculous fancy ways to teach. Veteran teachers would roll their eyes. The county paid them their big consulting fee. Then we'd go back and do the things we knew worked.

Another classic example was the Democrat Border Bill of 2024. Massive government spending, all these ancillary attachments. Nothing about solving the problem. Trump goes in and does it without a bill. Stops illegal crossings cold within a month or two.

In 2009, 0bama and Democrats passed the "Jobs bill". Instead of business leaders, they brought in leftwing university professors and politicians, people who had never created a job in their lives. The bill costs billions of dollars. Never created a real job. Trump goes in his first term and creates millions of great jobs. No bill needed. No money spent.

As for me? I don't have the endless supply of letters after my name. I just went out and made millions of dollars through real estate and investments. I did it by being positive and getting with positive can-do people. I never sat around crying about how tough things were. If my financial advisor talked the way you do, I'd fire him in a heartbeat. Fortunately, he doesn't. I've been with him for 35 years now.

 

[Mac1958]

I love when people try to hit me with titles and letters. This is exactly what leftwingers do. They do everything except what works.
I used to see this when I was a teacher 40 years ago. These Phds would come into the schools and tell us all these ridiculous fancy things. The county paid them their $40K consulting fee. Then we'd go back and do the things we knew worked.

A classic example was the Border Bill of 2024. Massive government spending, all these ancillary attachments. Nothing about solving the problem. Trump goes in and does it without a bill. Stops illegal crossings cold within a month or two.

As for me? I don't have the endless supply of letters after my name. I just went out and made millions of dollars through real estate and investments. I did it by being positive and getting with positive can-do people. I never sat around crying about how tough things were.

So you really don't know shit. You're just another Trumpster.

Boring. Dismissed.

 

[Mashmont]

So you really don't know shit. You're just another Trumpster.

Boring. Dismissed.

Yah, hell. No need to listen to people who have actually done it. Just bring in the pinheads to talk about doing it.

 

[Woodznutz]

So you really don't know shit. You're just another Trumpster.

Boring. Dismissed.

Everyone knows what they're doing. That's the problem.

 

[Papageorgio]

Look up "K-shaped economy". That's what they're calling this. It means that there are big winners and big losers in this economy.

The stock market? The Dow30, the S&P500, and the NASDAQ are all weighted indexes, meaning that the biggest companies have an outsized influence on the performance. Right now, with the massive AI buildout (you can look that up, too), both the markets and the economy are being driven by that spending and earning. Not by consumers like you and me.

So while the big tech companies like NVDA, TSLA, MSFT, META, Amazon, Google, PLTR, ORCL, AMD and AAPL are all absolutely swimming in cash and paying each other to build out AI, the rest of the economy is floundering. This is evidenced by the flat or falling performances of sectors like Financials (XLF), Health Care (XLV), Energy (XLE), Utilities (XLU), Industrials (XLI), Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Consumer Staples (XLP).

Please note: I just provided specifics. You can look all of that up.

For regular Americans, this is just bad. The tariffs have hit in the form of jobs, as companies have decided to lay off and stop hiring in response to their increased cost of doing business. That's the quickest and easiest strategy for them. The dominoes are now falling.

What does the future look like? No one knows, and if they tell you they do, they are delusional, full of shit and/or lying. And things could start turning around tomorrow. But right now, today, at this moment, this is bad and getting worse.

If you guys would quit making crap up it would hold a lot more weight. Story after story of throwing shit at walls to make something stick is beyond boring, old and petty.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Yes, I'm sure your economic/market experience absolutely DWARFS my 23+ years as a CFP/CLU/ChFC, 7/63/65, Author, Writer, Consultant, Speaker.

Maybe one day I'll be as informed as you.

Yes, you represent the party that receives much of its financial support from those very same tech companies you decry.


I'm sure the DNC didn't tell you that when they gave you your marching orders.

 

[citygator]

Lots of voters in the red.

 

[Mashmont]

Lots of voters in the red.

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You branches break along political lines. You're saying Republicans do well. Democrats don't. We already knew that, and we know the reasons.

The idea that "women" are lumped in the loser's bracket is just plain insulting. You're talking about unmarried women with and without children. Married women are doing just fine.

 

[citygator]

You branches break along political lines. You're saying Republicans do well. Democrats don't. We already knew that, and we know the reasons.

The idea that "women" are lumped in the loser's bracket is just plain insulting. You're talking about unmarried women with and without children. Married women are doing just fine.

It's from Moody's genius. The wealthy are doing well. The bottom is not. Those are about over or under-represented groups. Clearly you are in the bottom group.

 

[sparky]

The economy is very strong and getting stronger. We are at the cusp of a huge economic boom.

which seems to happen before every bust Mash.......~S~

 

[Woodznutz]

Lots of voters in the red.

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Needs more details.

 

[Hafar1014]

Why do you think this is a bad thing, Vichy Mac? YOu usually cheer when the Wall Street Parasites **** the rest of us.

Invest dont cry about it

 

[Mashmont]

which seems to happen before every bust Mash.......~S~

You people are a ray of sunshine.

 

[sparky]

You people are a ray of sunshine.

lol, ok....you got me there Mash...... ~S~

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Look up "K-shaped economy". That's what they're calling this. It means that there are big winners and big losers in this economy.

The stock market? The Dow30, the S&P500, and the NASDAQ are all weighted indexes, meaning that the biggest companies have an outsized influence on the performance. Right now, with the massive AI buildout (you can look that up, too), both the markets and the economy are being driven by that spending and earning. Not by consumers like you and me.

So while the big tech companies like NVDA, TSLA, MSFT, META, Amazon, Google, PLTR, ORCL, AMD and AAPL are all absolutely swimming in cash and paying each other to build out AI, the rest of the economy is floundering. This is evidenced by the flat or falling performances of sectors like Financials (XLF), Health Care (XLV), Energy (XLE), Utilities (XLU), Industrials (XLI), Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Consumer Staples (XLP).

Please note: I just provided specifics. You can look all of that up.

For regular Americans, this is just bad. The tariffs have hit in the form of jobs, as companies have decided to lay off and stop hiring in response to their increased cost of doing business. That's the quickest and easiest strategy for them. The dominoes are now falling.

What does the future look like? No one knows, and if they tell you they do, they are delusional, full of shit and/or lying. And things could start turning around tomorrow. But right now, today, at this moment, this is bad and getting worse.

This has been the case for 40 years, ever since the conservatives tricked working people into accepting Trickle Down Economics.

 

[sparky]

Trickle Down Economics.

~S~