Taking out a loan to invest in stocks [not leveraged]

GangBusters

25_Years_On said:

The people who lost it all in 1929 were those who had borrowed to invest (I think).

They only lost it all if they sold their positions. 

Thrugelmir

GangBusters said:

25_Years_On said:

The people who lost it all in 1929 were those who had borrowed to invest (I think).

They only lost it all if they sold their positions. 

Companies themselves can rapidly become worthless. 

EdGasketTheSecond

GangBusters said:

25_Years_On said:

The people who lost it all in 1929 were those who had borrowed to invest (I think).

They only lost it all if they sold their positions. 

No there would have been margin calls or loan repayments to make. They had no assets left to make those payments as they had all crashed.

Eco_Miser

123mat123 said:

Will the world go back to how it was before...?
Will more people continue to work from home ? with they travel less ?  eat less ? spend more time with family ?
Will "we"  choose to not be so dependant on China/Far East, maybe we will contemplate producing more food and "stuff" locally...

No, Yes, maybe, no, maybe, probably.
The Black Death and the Spanish flu caused major changes in employment practices, and cultural norms.  Hopefully this pandemic won't have the same fatality rate, but it is going to cause a big change in working practices. If those practices are seen to be worthwhile in themselves, they will be kept. Internet enabled home-working has been touted as a solution (to all sorts of ills) for three decades now. Perhaps this enforced trial will make it common.