Graham Stephan: SPY will rise

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doing what it is. The second, we got to talk about margin. When interest rates are really low, people are encouraged to borrow more money, and I think this makes sense, and it can be done responsibly. But many people forget the risks that you are literally borrowing money to buy an investment that has the potential to go down in value. Now, depending on what you're investing in and for how long and at what interest rate, it might be worth it, and that's one of the reasons why I refuse to pay off my 2 and 1/2% 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. But with more money entering the stock markets on debt, it's inevitable that that is going to rise prices alongside it. The third, we got to talk about why the worst stocks are doing the best. Right now, I feel like a lot of people are looking for the next big opportunity. We've seen companies like Zoom 5x in price, and with the economy reopening, there's the expectation that really hard-hit companies with really bad financials that everyone has seemed to have overlooked will eventually end up doing much better. I also think there's a bit of the mindset of why would I invest in a company that's already up 300% in a year when I could buy the company that's

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