I can only express my astonishment – – and, frankly, a bit of envy – – that any given financial instrument can be so consistently awful, even on a Buy Everything day like today.
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Just two days ago, I suggested the absolutely insane idea of buying puts on the incredible success story Moderna, which has the U.S. government by the short hairs as it extracts whatever revenue it desires based on its mandatory vaccines. This simple chartist was merely pointing out the price gap. Here’s what it looked like:
Good morning, everyone. Well, it’s Revenge of the Bulls this morning, isn’t it? Meh. My options are all expiring next year, some of them 134 days out, so I’m not going to let a few minutes of a bullish fever dream rattle me.
I’d like to point out the topping pattern going on with symbol IYR, the real estate fund.