Bitcoin was down 1700 bucks today

i have cut back on the reporting ..... i think at this point it is not likely much interest as it was ... gold and tlt have only been losing ground .

i am also being cautious in my trading now not doing anywhere near the trades i was ...i think everything can slide a lot at any given moment .

sold off gold and no more TLT at this point . gold may have more to fall . at some point i will buy it back . it shed a lot in gains so i wanted to preserve the bit that was left for 2020 . it fell over 10k in a week erasing a good part of the gains on the portion i still was holding . . luckily i s...

i always felt rising rates as a trend were the pp's kryptonite... we have not had that in 40 plus years

Same totally out of Tlt

Yet another look at bonds today

https://betterbuyandhold.com/bond-etfs- ... ing-rates/

These reverse funds can be very risky as a buy and hold

Article today

https://seekingalpha.com/article/439077 ... ue-to-rise

personally i think we are headed for stagflation . this virus likely will not end until the world reaches critical mass where in some shape or form most of the population gets exposed to it and the transmission of it has less and less of a population to go to . the vaccine will likely be ineffective...

well when the estimates and predictions are wrong , that is when prices change .

earnings for 2021 are predicted to be about 8% higher than 2019 ..2020 is not even a benchmark ...it is just an outlier so to speak .

this is based on what we know up until today

i think stocks have been priced today for 2021 admission ... markets are already expecting a good 2021 and pretty much wrote off 2020 results from their current stock prices . things are not priced for 2020 at all so i don't think the bar is set low . i think if 2021 does not meet at least the highe...