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Last Time He Was Here….

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Jerome Powell is going to do his little legally-required charade on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. He only does this twice a year in front of Congress, and the last time (June 21/22) is marked below in yellow tint. As you can see, that was right on the heels of what was a major bottom in the bear market, and once he shut up, the market went up for almost two months. Let’s just say it would be nice to have an upside-down version of that this go-around.

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