Death Cross
ITM OUT Signal. Yes, it’s a death cross. All good things must come to an end – and that includes bull trades. We’ve got quite used to this one, having been in it for almost 17 months, but the last few weeks have been horrid, culminating in the 10/200 death cross, the ITM OUT signal. […]
Is it a Bear?
Is it a bear market? — DEATH CROSS ALERT – PLEASE READ! — It’s what we are all wondering after another horrible week. So, let’s face it head on. Are we entering a bear market? The prophets of doom are out in force: Investing.com Morningstar Motley Fool Business Insider Financial Times Marketwatch Should we join […]
Is It Serious?
6 down days in a row! All in all, it was a pretty horrible week. All those red candles! Not conducive to one’s equilibrium. I wondered – like you, I am sure – what it meant and how often it happened. The answer is: not very often at all. Only twice in the past 5 […]
Bloodbath? or Wave?
A big wave on Friday! Nasty. But we’ve been saying for some time that the market is volatile, looking for bad news, then overreacting. The financial press always gives a reason as they want to appear authoritative, dispensing their wisdom to the great unwashed. Friday’s ‘reason’ was economic data on business activity and consumer sentiment. […]
Side Effects of AI
Unintended Consequences of AI. There’s a side effect of the ‘AI Revolution’ that I’ve been monitoring for quite a while: now anyone can write a book. Even if they don’t know anything about the subject, no problem, AI will do it for them. Yes, I actually saw that headline. Pick a topic (and for a […]
Regression to the Mean
The Little Book of Commonsense Investing. Jack Bogle’s book, often described as a ‘classic’ is not the most readable of books. Even on Audible at 1.5 speed I found myself drifting off as he tends to say the same thing again and again. But what I did find interesting was his harping on ‘regression to […]
