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Ever since the small caps peaked just three days ago, it’s been a pile-driver, particularly today. After the cocaine addicted business advisor to your President made a complete asshole of himself in front of the White House, the bears have been bitch-slapping the evil bulls. Beware, however. Important support looms, and only a serious dose of truth can crack it.
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin’ yet
Everything’s stuck together
And I don’t know what you expect starring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
It is a terribly difficult time to be a thinking person. Almost agonizing.
Hey, hold up there, Tim-bo. I’ve been buying stocks, and I’ve been doing great! I’m a thinking person!
No, you’re not. You’re opportunistic. You’re profitable. But you’re not thinking. You’re just in the right place, at the right time, with the right disposition.
I say again: this is a terrible time to be a thinking person. The more stupid you are, the better you’ll do. The more cloying, the better. A sycophant? You’ll thrive.
(more…)Has the fever broken? What people have been bidding up in recent days – – – cruise liners, airlines, and other utterly disastrous industries – – has been both insane and comic. But these all pale in comparison to the most recent financial fetish, which is gobbling up companies that declare bankruptcy. Let’s see how that’s working out:
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Many tail-risk hedge funds posted astonishing gains during the March selloff, with at least one fund reporting a gain of over 3,000%. However, it’s important for investors to read between the lines when it comes to choosing which hedge funds to invest in.
Whenever looking at the returns of any fund, especially tail-risk funds, it’s important to make sure you’re doing an apples-to-apples comparison by using the same measurement of returns across all the funds you’re comparing.
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