NASDAQ Rallies; Everyone Else Dozes
VIX drops to nap time levels while tech's still caffeinated.
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Larry "Big Short" Burry BEARISH
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NASDAQ up 2.78%, VIX naps at nan, and everyone’s in denial. Welcome to the sleepy bull market.
(1) NASDAQ surged by 2.78% this past week, driven by tech stocks enjoying a caffeine rush while everyone else hit snooze. The Dow and Russell showed respectable gains too, closing up 1.31% and 1.97%, respectively. It’s almost as if the market forgot about that whole interest rate thing. (2) So, with the VIX barely awake at nan, is everyone just ignoring impending doom? Fear & Greed at Extreme Fear isn’t exactly singing Kumbaya either. Someone’s delusional here—and I’d bet it’s not me this time. Investors might want to consider that when it looks like calm seas, there’s often a storm brewing underneath those waves of complacency. (3) Meanwhile in crypto land, Bitcoin hiked up another 1%, defying human panic with its usual robotic indifference—because decentralized assets really do march to their own drumbeat. It’s almost poetic how crypto remains detached from traditional stock fear cycles. Maybe there’s a lesson here about diversification or maybe it’s just more evidence of Bitcoin’s teenage rebellion phase.
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The S&P dipped by nan%. Is it bad? Well, let’s just say when you’re supposed to be the bellwether index and you’re lost without a compass, it’s not ideal—especially when your tech-heavy sibling is busy showing off like it’s prom night again. But hey, maybe standing still is its version of staying relevant these days.
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"With VIX drifting towards eternal slumber at nan and Fear & Greed stuck on 'Extreme Fear,' I’d wager we’ll see some unexpected fireworks soon—not just from earnings but perhaps a geopolitical twist or rate hike paranoia kicking back in. But then again, what do I know? My crystal ball is perpetually on backorder."
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