Quote from Debaser82:
Agreed.
Faber is great.
I do have respect for both and their 'contratian peers' and I will tell you why.
As the credit crisis hit in the spring of 08 with the crash of Bear Stearns the country where I live (Belgium) was bound to get hit hard as it had probably the most overextended VS GDP and overleveraged banking sector worldwide maybe Iceland excluded.
That didnt stop both the mainstream media, the political class and the banking CEO's to keep stating even after 90% drops in their stocks screaming at the top of their lungs everything was AOK!!!
Right up untill the very night the biggest bank (Fortis) was dismantled and the equity got wiped out propaganda was running full speed taking down with them thousands if not hundred thousands of retail speculators and others that paid top money for financial advise who got wiped out to the tune of billions of dollars.
I have seen huge drama's unfolding in my environment, people who have gotten annihilated these last 12 months and never saw what hit them.
Myself and my close surroundings (although they did have prior to 08 large exposure to the banking sector, as did most moms and pops) did just fine and I owe quit a bit of that to the likes of Rogers and co to their easy accessible repertoire so you could see why I am a bit biased.
If Americans think CNBC is full of government sponsored **** they should watch European TV.
It's really almost unthinkable for such types to get any kind of airplay over here.
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"Airplay" is controlled by the corps. and anyone who pays the tab....that is anyone who actually "pays"....and anyone who can boost "Nielsen" rankings whereupon advertising rates are dependent....Prove you have the eyeballs....get more $....
Thus journalism is journalism....and certainly helps the savvy trader....
Just take a quick view of most any category in neg/pos media periods....and think about what "sells the emotionally stupid"....and then as a pro trader....what to do about it....and recognize what the situation is actually presenting....
One can go back through all of the high and low major points....
and realize opportunities never change much in how they are presented to the savy pro trader....
One has to continually step outside "the airtime captive audience" and act like a pro....knowing what it really is....
ie 87....How many years did the 87 call ...support Garzarelli....?
Then think about what really happened.....and how a pro should really handle the situation.....
How much more biased could March of 2009 gotten ?
Easy to do....no....but a lot easier if one was just watching the charts ....and not listening to "airwave privilege directives"....
How many years before another March 2009 ?
ie the next war ?
So from this ...one can construe how to better use time frames from intraday to long term.....and how important they are....
Always differing media names....effects coming off the same as usual.....just another name who got some "airwave time"....