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Larry "Big Short" Burry BEARISH
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Fear & Greed at 38 while NASDAQ jumps 1.71%. One of them forgot to check the memo.
(1) Today the NASDAQ leapt by an impressive 1.71%, leading the charge as if it were late for a meeting with optimism. The S&P wasn’t far behind with a solid gain of 0.84%, and even the usually sleepy Dow Jones crept up by 0.02%. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 followed in spirit with a 0.76% rise, riding on hopes that small caps could defy gravity too. This marks another rebound for the markets after recent weakness, showcasing what I call selective amnesia about previous dips. (2) But let’s not ignore that lurking disconnect: VIX closed at a cozy 17.2 — hedging its bets somewhere between mild unease and smart money getting nervous. All this market green despite a Fear & Greed Index at ‘Fear’ level with a score of just 38. It’s almost like investors are trading on alternate realities where fear is an underrated buy signal and greed is just Tuesday’s mood swing. (3) Over in crypto land, BTC edged up by just 0.4% while ETH added a more enthusiastic 1.1%. It seems Bitcoin’s keeping its poker face amid all this equity euphoria, possibly whispering to those who listen that not all risk appetites are created equal today. As ever, I’d remind you that even complacency has an expiration date — just don’t expect me to be punctual about when.
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(1) Microsoft dropped -1.34% today amid a tech rally elsewhere — that’s like forgetting your lines in your own biopic. (2) For a company perpetually surrounded by talk of innovation and AI supremacy, losing ground on such an upbeat day for tech might suggest they’re auditioning for realism in this growth fantasy film we call the market.(3) Maybe their new strategy involves collecting stock certificates as trophies for ‘Most Ignored Potential’.
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"With VIX at 17.2, we’re teetering on mild unease territory where something should break soon — but I'm still counting my words from earlier predictions where I said the same thing at VIX levels above and below this point too often to recall without wincing."
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