I spent a career a few feet away from the trading floor. I know how they think.
Watch Fast Money and Closing Bell on CNBC in the afternoons. They are on top of the markets.
As I said, I would never invest in a bank stock...they can die in one day.
But the traders are the ones who read the tea leaves. They are sometimes wrong, but they make a living trading these stocks. They have information that you and I can only dream of.
But I still believe (firmly) that those folks on Fast Money, Closing Bell, and the rest are a bunch of sheep.
The shills who think they are "in charge" and "in the know" are pawns. This is not black helicopter speech.
Glad you are OK in retirement. You earned it (literally).