S&P: Calm or Comatose?
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Larry "Big Short" Burry BEARISH
Senior Doomer Analyst
"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."
VIX at 19, everyone thinks it’s safe. Either they’re right or we’re about to see another episode of financial Whac-A-Mole.
(1) Last week saw the S&P 500 up a surprising 4.7%, as if investors all discovered optimism in their morning coffee. The NASDAQ soared by an even more impressive 7.09%. The Dow Jones followed the crowd, climbing by 3.62%, while the Russell 2000 kept pace with a solid rise of 5.76%. But here’s the kicker: VIX dropped by a hefty -17.43%, marking a period of uncharacteristic calm in the stormy seas of finance. (2) So why are we still seeing Fear at levels akin to jumping out of an airplane without a parachute? Perhaps investors are misreading the tea leaves—or just not reading them at all. With earnings season approaching and macroeconomic uncertainties lurking like a cat ready to pounce, this lull may be setting us up for anything but another lazy week on Wall Street’s sun lounger. (3) Meanwhile, Bitcoin took a modest breather at +1.2% last week, suggesting that crypto traders might have found solace in digital gold while traditional equities played hopscotch over fear and greed metrics. Yet again, Bitcoin shows it’s not just an asset class but an entire mood unto itself. Here’s one for your diary: Consumer Confidence Index numbers drop tomorrow—time to brace for how much faith is left in our economic wizardry.
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(1) Dow Jones climbed 3.62% last week—a number so mediocre it could be an Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Role in Market Drama. (2) General Electric’s stock probably helped buoy this number as it continues pretending it’s still relevant in today’s tech-driven world where TikTok trends matter more than jet engines to some investors. (3) Let’s give them credit; they exist and managed not to implode during the week’s optimism parade.
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"The VIX chilling around the low-20s suggests complacency or missed alarm bells; I'm betting on both breaking soon enough as Consumer Confidence Index data might reveal more anxiety than expected midweek, nudging markets downwards slightly—unless I'm wrong, which I often am."
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