Fall from Grace, All Within 3 Months
Published on February 7, 2008
Published on February 7, 2008
Currently we are in the periods that was supposed to be bullish. We are in the year that is supposed to be bullish. We just had a year that was supposed to be bearish but turned out Bullish. S&P just finished The worst period in its history since inception nearly 3 quarters of a century ago (9% down YTD in a comparable year). Welcome to the contrarian (I prefer “uncertain” to “contrarian”) times. Money is made via surprises. If everything is known, money has already been minted.
I have been saying over and over again that bear market rallies are brutal. Also advised that don’t consider this bullish unless Dow crosses the 12745 zone. I think patience and perseverance won over the greed, at least for short term.
Here are six charts I am attaching for your consideration that explains that gravity assists fall, not the rise. Rise always needs external fuel. All 5 tickers were part of OPN watchlist that I had shared earlier. Notice how quickly these stocks have fallen. Hardly anyone, including me, could have foreseen these darlings falling so rapidly. “Fear” is a much stronger emotion than “Greed” and that’s why I personally like bear days than bull days.
We just opened our first mini-portfolio for OPNewsletter and we are positive in spite of market fall. We’ll open few more, as appropriate. If you would like to benefit from OPN latest portfolios, this is a good time to sign-up. Sign-up is via invitation that is based on waitlist. Currently I am traveling and therefore not sharing speculative trades as those requires quick actions.
Waiting for Thursday, Profitable trading, OP