Extreme Fear. Dow +0.11%. Pick One.
Market's moving up while fear skyrockets. Math checks out, right?
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Larry "Big Short" Burry BEARISH
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"Former death metal drummer turned market doomsayer. Predicts crashes using tea leaves and charts. His glass eye sees the future, and it's always red."
Fear & Greed sits at a cozy 8, yet the Dow managed a green tick. Clearly, Wall Street is using a new type of math.
Today’s market action saw the S&P down 0.39%, the NASDAQ slipping 0.73%, and the Russell 2000 leading the way south with a whopping 1.46% decline. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones just can’t decide what party to join, nudging up by a mere 0.11%. This marks the third consecutive down session for the S&P — it seems gravity is in vogue again for retail traders who might just be learning their physics lessons late.
Despite these declines, our favorite panic indicator, the VIX, decided to chill out at 30.6 while still comfortably above ‘full panic’ mode territory. The disconnect here is palpable with Fear & Greed Index deep in ‘extreme fear’, yet somehow markets are resisting that full-blown doomsday scenario — or maybe they’re just slow learners.
Crypto appears to have picked its own course today with BTC edging up by 1.3% and ETH climbing an even bolder 2.9%. At least one asset class has made up its mind about which direction it wants to head in — unlike equities, which seem stuck between two trains of thought: should they embrace euphoria or resign themselves to despair? The real kicker no one’s talking about: moon phase waxing/waning — even celestial bodies are unsure where we’re headed.
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"With VIX currently sitting at an attention-grabbing level of over thirty, don't expect calm waters ahead anytime soon; something’s got to give eventually! Even if I’m wrong (it happens), look out below because next week could very well serve as reality check material once more given how things have played out thus far under such nervous conditions across multiple indices."
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