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[Budge]

Sol,

Can you help me (us?) out with a translation on this?

"Now, will the Big players allow the markets to bottom or is the prelude to something darker? The buffet before the blade. What the retail players are doing in the bond market is not a good sign as it does not indicate fear levels are not high."

It has a peculiar feel of "yes, we have no bananas today", and I want to make sure I understand what you are saying and what you think it all means. And, of course, if you think there will be some profit taking sooner or later on this mini rally....?

Sometimes when I type fast, I make mistakes, mostly due to multi-tasking

The question now is whether the real players or the PTB or whatever you want to call them, feel that the markets have bled enough. If that is the case they will allow the markets to put in a long-term bottom. However, while negative is not overly negative, the crowd is also not extremely anxious, and it appears that the masses are trying to game the market. In other words, follow the PTB, and buy the crash instead of getting smashed. A lot of money has moved out of the bond market and money market funds into the market. Now, if this is a short-term trend it's not a big deal, but if the big players assume its a new trend, they can't allow it to gain traction, for it will dramatically change the landscape.

So they are feeding the crowd (the buffet) before the slaughter (the blade analogy).

There will always be bouts of profit-taking whether the markets are experiencing a relief rally or are in the midst of a new bull.

Short term, most likely, the markets will let out some steam around the middle of November 15-22 before trending higher. If they want to drive the crowd insane, then the ideal plan would be to allow the markets to rally into December, give them the Santa Claus rally and kill that rally before the end of the year or the 1st week of the new year.

Nothing has changed in terms of the markets experiencing a second corrective wave. At least not yet, and if anything should change, we will let everyone know the moment the outlook changes so that we all have plenty of time to adjust to the new change. But for now, nothing has changed.

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season for tax loss selling,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Big boys'll give it a bloody big nudge,
Aghhh.."

[gnosis12]

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season for tax loss selling,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Big boys'll give it a bloody big nudge,
Aghhh.."

https://media.giphy.com/media/o75ajIFH0 ... /giphy.gif
Hahahaha

[gnosis12]

The Classic 60-40 Investment Strategy Falls Apart. ‘There’s No Place to Hide.’

For decades, Americans planning for retirement have been advised to invest in a mixture of stocks and bonds.

The idea was simple. When stocks did well, their portfolios did, too. And when stocks had a bad year, bonds usually did better, which helped offset those losses.

It was one of the most basic, dependable ways of investing, used by millions of Americans. This year it stopped working.

Despite a powerful rally last week after cooler-than-expected inflation data, the S&P 500 is down in 2022 about 15%, including dividends, while bonds are in their first bear market in decades. A portfolio with 60% of its money invested in U.S. stocks and 40% invested in the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has lost 15% this year. That puts the 60-40 investment mix on track for its worst year since 1937, according to an analysis by investment research and asset management firm Leuthold Group.

This year, U.S. Treasurys are having what could wind up being their worst year going back to 1801, according to Leuthold, as central banks have swiftly raised interest rates in a bid to quell inflation. The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond exchange-traded fund, which tracks investment-grade bonds, has lost 14% on a total return basis.

The declines weigh especially on baby boomers, who have hit retirement age in worse financial shape than the generation before them and have fewer earning years ahead to recover investment losses.

“What’s shocking investors is there’s no place to hide,” said Peter Mallouk, president and chief executive of wealth-management company Creative Planning in Overland Park, Kan. “Everything on the statement is blood red.”
https://kanebridgenews.com/the-classic- ... e-to-hide/

Even this time-tested strategy has failed proving how difficult and strange the current environment is.

[bpcw]

And if I didn't find value I would not be a subscriber and not interact herein. Hopefully my criticism remains constructive and not assholeish.

I think you are probably quite a logical, black & white, matter of fact kind of guy but I think you have actually softened more since this forum has opened, has your wife been having words!

The fact that you are asking the question of how you come across shows humility which is a great quality, I used to be pretty arrogant but life often teaches us lessons!

[SOL]

Been busy with a funeral and a birthday celebration this week, involving the same particular family - strange times we live in.

I am sorry for your loss. Were you close to them? I think it's the Chinese or maybe I am mixing up my history, but they used to view death as the beginning of something new and worth celebrating.

[Yodean]

I am sorry for your loss. Were you close to them? I think it's the Chinese or maybe I am mixing up my history, but they used to view death as the beginning of something new and worth celebrating.

*****

Not a personal loss - he was the quasi-uncle-in-law that "mysteriously" developed stage 4b metastatic lung ca post-4th cv19 vax. Previously healthy, mid-60s. Former pilot. I posted the letter I wrote him on this forum - I think it was in late August.

My spouse and I had told him and his wife to stop getting the jabs (they were both retired, so it wasn't because of work mandates, but they bought into the mainstream media propaganda).

His wife (my spouse's aunt), post-4th jab, developed chronic sinusitis resistant to conventional medical therapy, as well as a new anaphylactic reaction to Biaxin (she previously had no problems with taking this medication).

Anyways, although all his official treating specialist MDs gave him a ton of false hope, his only son (also a pilot, currently flying out of Doha, Qatar) at least took my prognosis seriously enough to take time off, fly back to Toronto, and spend a few weeks with his father before the latter passed on, relatively painlessly.

Surrounded by family, at home. Said what he needed to say to his loved ones.

Not a bad death, really. I hope I will be just as lucky, when it's my turn.

Not the first vax-related death, nor will it be the last.

The son's birthday awkwardly fell on the day after his dad died, but the former is a bit of a party animal, so he decided to have a birthday party anyways.

Very strange, but fun.

[SOL]

I am sorry for your loss. Were you close to them? I think it's the Chinese or maybe I am mixing up my history, but they used to view death as the beginning of something new and worth celebrating.

*****

Not a personal loss - he was the quasi-uncle-in-law that "mysteriously" developed stage 4b metastatic lung ca post-4th cv19 vax. Previously healthy, mid-60s. Former pilot. I posted the letter I wrote him on this forum - I think it was in late August.

My spouse and I had told him and his wife to stop getting the jabs (they were both retired, so it wasn't because of work mandates, but they bought into the mainstream media propaganda).

His wife (my spouse's aunt), post-4th jab, developed chronic sinusitis resistant to conventional medical therapy, as well as a new anaphylactic reaction to Biaxin (she previously had no problems with taking this medication).

Anyways, although all his official treating specialist MDs gave him a ton of false hope, his only son (also a pilot, currently flying out of Doha, Qatar) at least took my prognosis seriously enough to take time off, fly back to Toronto, and spend a few weeks with his father before the latter passed on, relatively painlessly.

Surrounded by family, at home. Said what he needed to say to his loved ones.

Not a bad death, really. I hope I will be just as lucky, when it's my turn.

Not the first vax-related death, nor will it be the last.

The son's birthday awkwardly fell on the day after his dad died, but the former is a bit of a party animal, so he decided to have a birthday party anyways.

Very strange, but fun.

Lots of people dying suddenly of ailments they once conquered but on the other hand, some seem to be doing fine after taking the shot. If we apply Darwin's theory, it may come down to survival of the fittest for those that took the shoot and survival of maybe the wisest for those that did not. Or maybe, as some say, it all comes down to luck and fate, and no matter what you do, you will meet your end in a pre-chosen manner.

When you look at how much there is to learn outside the markets, sometimes it makes me think are we wasting our time looking at a bunch of stupid lines that move up and down and trying to decipher the next wiggly move?

It is also said that no matter who we have around us, we are technically born alone and die alone. Furthermore, death is supposed to offer the chance to advance to the next level or repeat the previous stage. Again one will only know after one kicks the bucket by then its too late as you can't change the outcome or share the data with anyone. Or maybe we are already in a metaverse, just waiting for someone to unplug us and let us know that this entire existence was nothing but one of many possible virtual lives we could have lived

[harryg]

Furthermore, death is supposed to offer the chance to advance to the next level or repeat the previous stage.

Sorry, I don't believe in reincarnation.



Mind you, I said that last time.

[SOL]

Furthermore, death is supposed to offer the chance to advance to the next level or repeat the previous stage.

Sorry, I don't believe in reincarnation.



Mind you, I said that last time.

I have no fixed opinions. I believe if one has a fixed opinion that person is easy to manipulate. Pray do tell Sir harry what do you think becomes of these worthless carcasses once we kick the bucket, is it the end?

[harryg]

Furthermore, death is supposed to offer the chance to advance to the next level or repeat the previous stage.

Sorry, I don't believe in reincarnation.



Mind you, I said that last time.

I have no fixed opinions. I believe if one has a fixed opinion that person is easy to manipulate. Pray do tell Sir harry what do you think becomes of these worthless carcasses once we kick the bucket, is it the end?

Hope so, I'm not going through all that again.

[bpcw]

Furthermore, death is supposed to offer the chance to advance to the next level or repeat the previous stage.

Sorry, I don't believe in reincarnation.



Mind you, I said that last time.

I have no fixed opinions. I believe if one has a fixed opinion that person is easy to manipulate. Pray do tell Sir harry what do you think becomes of these worthless carcasses once we kick the bucket, is it the end?

Are you trying to get Harry to come out from behind his humour!

I went to a reincarnation seminar once...
...I figured what the heck, you only live once.

[stefk]

You dont believe in reincarnation. But reincarnation is not a belief, its a fact. Your body reincarnates everyday, everytime. Your body, when you was baby is not the same as today. Your body, when you was adolescent was not the same as today. And also, your mind or ego is not the same. Your ego is changing with the time or the circonstances.
My ego here when I speak to you, is different than my ego when I speak with my children, and I also have another ego when I speak with my coworkers. All the bodies and the minds are moving and changing everytime. What doesnt change is the soul.

[stefk]

http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/p ... y_soul.htm

Plato, the great philosopher, is well known for his cavern allegory, but less well known for his reincarnation theory.

[chippermon]

You dont believe in reincarnation. But reincarnation is not a belief, its a fact. Your body reincarnates everyday, everytime. Your body, when you was baby is not the same as today. Your body, when you was adolescent was not the same as today. And also, your mind or ego is not the same. Your ego is changing with the time or the circonstances.
My ego here when I speak to you, is different than my ego when I speak with my children, and I also have another ego when I speak with my coworkers. All the bodies and the minds are moving and changing everytime. What doesnt change is the soul.

I like that

[bpcw]

http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/p ... y_soul.htm

Plato, the great philosopher, is well known for his cavern allegory, but less well known for his reincarnation theory.

Probably less known for this too:

1.The offspring of inferior guardians
Plato makes clear that not only in the interests in controlling the population size of the city but also in order to preserve the guardian class in a state of top excellence, sexual relations among the guardians are to be carefully regulated. All guardians are among the finest of humanity; they are ‘children of gold’ (R. III.414c-415d; Griffith: 107-8) but not all gold is of the same purity and excellence. There are ‘inferior guardians’. They are not to be demoted to one of the other two classes in the city but they are near the border of acceptability. On no account should their offspring be preserved among the guardian class; the inferior may produce the yet more inferior. (R.V 460C.)

2.The maimed or mutilated
These offspring (of the inferior guardians) should be ‘removed from sight into some secret and hidden place’ – but not only such offspring. If by chance even the best among the guardians to anaperon (something maimed or mutilated) is born, it must share the same fate (R. V.460c).