Originally Posted by
NakedShorts
Re-posted for posterity....
Hope is a drug and very powerful one, Hopium can blind you from the truth if you have to much in you.
Recession / Stagflation / Economy Not Working As Planned - Whatever you want to call it is a certainty and very easily forecasted.
Come back to this post circa May 2023 where I say the "market bottoms in the first Quarter 2023 (April)." Do not expect them to bottom the same day but within days or a few weeks.
Dow 29600 and then 25,000 - 26,000
NASDAQ 10800 then 7800 then 7200
S&P 500 3200 then 2800 then 2500
Sh*tCoin 28600 then 17600 then 10400 then 9800 (3rd Quarter Low this Year)
Oil $250+/ barrel by end of 2023
Trade Accordingly. If we loose one level we get support at the next. It is helpful to know where those painful stops actually are though. Markets never move in straight lines.
And yields will need to be higher than inflation before Bonds will work as hoped for any substantial holding period. If inflation remains persistent, as I am laying out, bonds return of capital feature will become decimated by said inflation.
Rising interest rates help unload ships faster? Do farmers grow more wheat with higher rates? Oil companies find more oil with higher rates? The FED does not have the tool kit to fight these problems and Government Polytricksters are not helping because they are dumb.
We have systematic shortages developing in FOOD. That leads to Civil Unrest 100% of the time. Sri Lanka?
Buy some non perishable food you will thank me later.