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Perpetual. Dicking. Around.

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From May 27th through June 8th, the market was absolutely stuck in the muck. Tick after tick, hour after hour, and day after day, the market just kept grinding away, driving bulls and bears equally mad. Until, of course, that glorious June 9th and June 10th plunge, followed by a few more days of bear domination, all of which sadly terminated on June 16th, which feels like about nine years ago.

The exact same thing has been happening lately, in exactly the same place.

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