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S&P climbed for the third day straight, up 0.37%, while Fear & Greed sulked at a measly 28. Apparently, optimism is dead, but no one’s informed Wall Street.
(1) Today’s market chuckled in the face of fear. The S&P rose by 0.37% to cap off its third consecutive green session. NASDAQ and Dow followed suit with gains of 0.19% and 0.58% respectively, while the Russell outdid them all with a stellar 0.91% rise. Despite VIX resting comfortably at 16.7, suggesting mild unease, investors decided today was an excellent day for buying into perceived chaos.
(2) The contradiction couldn’t be more pronounced: Fear & Greed Index languishing at Extreme Fear levels juxtaposed with a buoyant market run suggests someone didn’t get their morning memos right. With the VIX indicating mild unease rather than panic, perhaps it’s time we admit that irrational exuberance wears many masks — today’s being one of confusion.
(3) Meanwhile, crypto assets took a different path entirely; BTC dropped by 2.2% and ETH by an even harsher 2.7%. It seems digital currency holders read the fear script more closely than equity traders did today — or maybe they just wanted to stay unpredictable for sport. As always in crypto-land: When stocks are logical, Bitcoin prefers fiction.
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(1) COIN’s stock plunged by a notable -4.43%. (2) For Coinbase — supposedly ‘the future of finance’ — that’s akin to a schoolyard trip over its own shoelaces on an empty street, especially when others are riding high on market momentum today. (3) Perhaps it’s having an existential crisis about whether it wants to remain relevant in times where actual physical coins are making a comeback as collectibles — poor timing either way.
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"(1) With VIX at a complacent-seeming level of 16.7 and Fear & Greed screaming from under the bedcovers at just 28 (Fear), expect volatility to rear its head soon enough as markets grapple with their identity crisis — reality check pending delivery. (2) But hey, I've been wrong before; after all I said Bitcoin would stop surprising us eventually... joke's on me there."
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