What Today’s Trending Internet Topics Signal For Investors
What might this week’s trending social media and most popular Google searches mean for investors?
What’s trending online certainly provides a lot of insight into what the public is spending their time thinking about, what’s keeping them up at night, and what is driving their money moves.
So, what’s happening now? How might it affect investors over the next year?
Stock Market
After the worst dive for the Japanese stock market since 1987, ‘Black Monday’ and ‘Great Depression’ began trending on X.
It’s no secret that a deep stock market correction has been long overdue. Anyone with more money in the stock market than they were comfortable losing at this point has just had their head buried in the sand for the past five years.
If this is the next major correction, stock portfolios could easily dive far deeper over the next year. This would directly impact real estate trading in markets like NY, which are very much tied to stock performance.
Bitcoin Price
Searches for bitcoin price rose around 200% on Monday. Bitcoin dove from almost $70k to just $55k.
Again, it has proven to offer no diversification or shelter from what’s happening in the stock market.
Investors that want to stop the bleed, want protection for their nest eggs, and need better returns are more likely than ever to run to the safety of physical real estate.
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris has certainly been trending online since becoming the presumptive democratic presidential candidate for this November.
If Bidenomics has been good to your finances, then this could be another great four years of the same compounding effects for you. If they haven’t, and she is elected, then you may want to adjust your investment portfolio accordingly.
Hurricanes And COVID
A new hurricane whipped up Google users into a frenzy on Monday. While searches for ‘California COVID Surge’ spiked by 900%.
More individuals seem to have been getting COVID again in the Southeast and Midwest too. Any new lockdowns may drive up property prices again. Like in 2020.
More storm and natural disaster activity, like California wildfires is likely to create more renters, and drive more owners to consider climate and natural disaster risk when buying property.
WWIII
Concern around what’s been happening in the Middle East has been driving conversations on social media, and Google searches too.
Worrying about what your stock market portfolio value will be in the wake of something like that certainly won’t be the top thing on your mind.
There are certainly things each individual may want to invest in ahead of a nuclear catastrophe. The right real estate may definitely be one of the top things on your list.
