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It’s a four-hour drive to the mountains (and, unsurprisingly, a four-hour drive back). I’m troubled to admit that I fell asleep (very, very briefly) in both directions, especially during the return trip. Surely this has happened to you – – that instance in which you nod off just for a moment (it seems) and then jolt yourself into OH MY GARD. Let’s just say that I’m glad F.S.D. exists, because it radically reduces the chances that Slope comes to an unexpected end.
Let’s take a peek at seven important exchange traded funds.
The Dow 30 “diamonds” rallied for a solid week, pushing toward lifetime highs again but, importantly, never piercing its broken trendline. This is a textbook dead cat bounce.
Here is my understanding of what Trump’s administration thinks about the Fed, the Economy, and the Market:
Every single one of these things is dead wrong, yet people are too stupid or too politically loyal to dare think or say so. Probably stupid, for the most part. In any case, time will prove this entire thesis to be fantastically incorrect, and I will endlessly refer back to this very post.
(more…)There are thirty equities in my Bear Pen, and I’m already short twenty-two of them. Below are the remaining eight, all of which are promising potential short positions, but for various reasons I haven’t quite pulled the trigger on these yet:
I am presently short twenty different equities in this portfolio. Here they are, zoomed in to the most relevant portion (and, as always, you can click on a chart for full-screen glory):
