There are unintended consequences of big moves in crypto. Look, I have long exposure to bitcoin currently and think we hit a nice bottom recently but I can envision that most governments / central banks will eventually be fighting against current cryptos so, for me, this is just a trend...
There is quite a bit of wisdom in your post. The geopolitical stuff can sometimes just "accelerate the cycles" but otherwise they don't change the bigger picture, as you have indicated.
Yes -- he is typically early. But now there is some evidence of a potential bigger market turn -- will he be correct? Who knows. Just gotta trust what you're seeing in the market action.
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It was Jeremy Grantham. I had ignored him previously because I felt pretty confident, at the time (he typically is early on his calls), that the market was fine. Now, I'm not so sure. As always, I want to stay flexible.
I'm not a perma bear but the more I look at the "big picture," the more it looks like the stock market will be down on the year but I think gold and oil will finish higher on the year. Right now, I'm looking for a good long (multi-week) set-up in the stock market in the 2nd quarter (which could...
I have had this happen. Turn on the computer and right away hit "Esc" multiple times (I think that is what I did). That may allow the computer to start in a different mode and may allow you to do a system restore to a point prior to when you did the update.
We don't always get set-ups this pretty but this custom momentum paint bar really helped me see that the last few days were just a consolidation for the next wave up. I still don't know if we're back to full-on bull mode but have bullish bias for now. We could just be retracing part of the...