Uh, the trend is always down before a bottom occurs.
To clarify something I said earlier, I'm not calling the ultimate bottom of this cycle. I'm not saying we can't go a bit lower, either. I'm just saying the conditions are very similar to some important intermediate bottoms (with lots of panic) in the past.
Maybe it's much worse this time and history can't be our guide. I don't know. I wasn't closely following markets in '87, but can imagine pessimism was slightly high after a drop of nearly 23% in one day. We haven't seen anything like that yet.
I was watching things more closely in 2001. People were wondering what cities were going to get attacked next, or if nukes would be the terrorists' next step. It was a very different situation, but fear/pessimism was comparable in certain ways.
To clarify something I said earlier, I'm not calling the ultimate bottom of this cycle. I'm not saying we can't go a bit lower, either. I'm just saying the conditions are very similar to some important intermediate bottoms (with lots of panic) in the past.
Maybe it's much worse this time and history can't be our guide. I don't know. I wasn't closely following markets in '87, but can imagine pessimism was slightly high after a drop of nearly 23% in one day. We haven't seen anything like that yet.
I was watching things more closely in 2001. People were wondering what cities were going to get attacked next, or if nukes would be the terrorists' next step. It was a very different situation, but fear/pessimism was comparable in certain ways.
Quote from KMAX:
The trend is down, how can anyone pick a bottom here?

