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Thumbing through my Recents watch list (where I keep relatively young stocks), I am struck by the fact that companies that deal with materials – – stuff you can hold in your hands that’s usually dug from the earth – – have been breaking down notably. Just sayin’.
I read constantly, focusing on quality publications such as The Atlantic, the New York Times, The Information, and, of course, the Slope of Hope. One site I don’t bother with, as you might guess, is the radical-right site NewsMax, whose design sensibilities seem to be taken directly from the year 1997.
You will note something on their home page which you don’t find on most respected news sites, which is their ticker symbol prominently displayed near the top.
I believe:
Happy New Week, everyone. This is a shortened week (although at least this time the holiday is one I respect, so it’s not quite so awful), so we only get four days of war-driven lunacy to trade.
I was bracing myself all night long for the Monday Morning Lie, traumatized as I was by what happened precisely one week ago. On Sunday, the market gapped down fairly hard (left arrow) but then spent all night long climbing. Finally, once again a couple of hours before the opening bell, the Pre-Market Fib was launched, and the market spiked (right arrow).
