I had to drive across state yesterday to go to a funeral and nearly everything was closed...100% of retail in the city was shut down. Even in the smaller agricultural based towns that I was familiar with (from working in the oilfield) were dead...Maybe 25% of the activity from when I was there a year ago. I see all of this and i think "damn this is bad, obviously the market should be bearish"...but then I look at the market and holy shit its gapping up like mad we are nearly back to May 2019 levels.
We all know the saying "the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent". But will the irrationality fade with Q1 earnings? Or will markets shrug that bad news off and continue to climb on the hopes of everything returning to business as usual in a few months?
*Comet going to impact Earth any minute
*Permabull Chads everywhere scream: "Its already priced in...the market is forward looking"
*S&P 500 surges +5%
We all know the saying "the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent". But will the irrationality fade with Q1 earnings? Or will markets shrug that bad news off and continue to climb on the hopes of everything returning to business as usual in a few months?
*Comet going to impact Earth any minute
*Permabull Chads everywhere scream: "Its already priced in...the market is forward looking"
*S&P 500 surges +5%