Posted on 02/13/2015 7:08:35 AM PST by Citizen Zed
1. Stocks break through key technical levels.
2. Rallies have less energy.
3. Investors focus on prices.
4. Sideways movement.
5. Sentiment shifts.
6. Panic selling.
7. Bears gain respect.
If you’ve been paying attention to the market, you know there are other subtle clues a bear market is getting closer. Many in the media are obsessed with bear market definitions (i.e. 20% downturn), but protecting your investments should be your first priority.
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So, zero out of 7. Looks like smooth sailing.
8. Kellog’s posts loss.
Folks have been predicting bad things for the markets for some time now. Hasn’t really panned out that way has it?
“Investors focus on prices”
That would be the kiss of death. Fortunately, there is little sign of this, as idiots continue to snap up overpriced stocks.
I do find it "funny" how the market often reacts positively to bad economic news as that means...more free money.
But you can't defy gravity forever and there is always a reckoning.
I think that’s very true about the free money. But even with some mild tightening on the agenda from the Fed, the money will be cheap for quite some time to come. There’s really not much in the way of inflation for the Fed et.al. to get seriously concerned about, and so the expensive equity markets probably get expensiver.
I think that’s very true about the free money. But even with some mild tightening on the agenda from the Fed, the money will be cheap for quite some time to come. There’s really not much in the way of inflation for the Fed et.al. to get seriously concerned about, and so the expensive equity markets probably get expensiver.
I have no stock market investments. I hope the market resumes its ascent and keeps climbing. That’s where all the QE money goes. It keeps the already high inflation from zooming. When the market crashes all the other prices should start to go up pretty steeply as all that crisp freshly printed digital money comes back into the real world. A sign of the real level of inflation’s continuing effect on prices- the prices we actually pay rather than the prices the government counts- is the escalating number of serious labor strikes that are occurring. That happens when wages are losing value.
I would observe that the published inflation numbers are incredible to me. But for that matter I think even the Shadow Stats number is low.
But I know enough to know there's no profit for me being right and everybody else wrong, I'll just ride the wave until there is a secular shift.
I can never if bears are bad and bulls good, or the other way around.
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