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Sentiment Turning Contrary Bearish

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What was good for the bullish goose (sentiment extremes in March-April) is going to be good for bearish gander as well

Excerpted from the May 11 edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 862:

US Stock Market Sentiment

Dumb money apparently thinks that now that Trump is making a few sounds about making nicey nice with some trade partners, all’s well again. Dumb money is gulping down stonks even more aggressively now, while Smart money is fading. A degrading contrary-sentiment picture here.

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Meme Coins: The Ultimate Racket

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Bitcoin a “Price” Speculation, Gold Enduring “Value”

“Meme Coins are the stuff of late-stage bubbles” -Captain Obvious

Disclaimer of bias: I have viewed Bitcoin and Crypto in general as a speculation to varying degrees from day 1. NFT? Well as soon as NFT/Crypto drones started liking, following and glad-handing me due to the NFTrh (@NFTRHgt) on what was thenTwitter simply because of three letters in the abbreviated name of my service (Notes From the Rabbit Hole), my Scam-O-Meter red-lined and broke. “Meme Coins”? Well, I told you my Scam-O-Meter broke so I’ll use my B/S Detector instead to take a look at the Crypto sphere vs. gold.

Crypto and especially its speculative outer edges are logical components of the massive array of investments and speculations alike that have been exponentially boosted by the decades-long bubble in monetary and fiscal policies designed to inflate asset prices at all costs. Fed and government, working the same angle from different sides of the street.

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Gold Stock Correction on Cue

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Bull Market Far from Over

The gold stock correction was needed, is healthy and will provide opportunity

Let’s not belabor the point; the gold stock correction came as implied – and frankly, as needed – with several indicators of excessive counter-cyclical sentiment driving broad stocks down and gold stocks up.

That’s the bad news in the short-term (good news, if prepared). Beyond the short-term, the better news is that we are very likely seeing an upward adjustment in over-bearish broad sentiment as the stock market continues upward (also as anticipated).

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