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With the questionable policies and inconsistencies in getting anything done economically (referring to the US) there must be some nice profit opportunities here, somewhere.
I thought gold, commodities and Europe were better options back in January. Anyone have any ideas off of how to profit from the fairly significant market swings that are happening?
I had thought about the VIX but someone suggested that wasn't a good idea and I foolishly listened to them.
Besides the volatility of the investing markets other clear (to me) trends will be inflation and weakening dollar.
Something else I'm missing?
Thanks
Rich
No. of Recommendations: 9
I have a hunch that such questions will be extremely easy to answer, soon enough.
Remember those old cartoons where the character runs off the cliff, but remains suspended in mid air till looking down?
Not a lot of screamingly obvious opportunities at the moment, but there's always another sale coming soon. I think it might take a few months for the "buy on dips" reflex to wear off because of how much positive reinforcement it has had in the last five years, but then we might see a target rich environment for a while. Babies and bathwater, that sort of thing.
Jim
No. of Recommendations: 5
" there must be some nice profit opportunities here, somewhere."
I see little upside, and lots of risk on the downside.
This period we are going thru is totally self-inflicted by Trump, and he is still in
charge (or the Proj 2025 people behind the scenes or Musk ).
I looked this morning at the small and mid-cap ETF's ( IJR, IJH ) they were each down
20% from the Trump inauguration. Was gonna nibble on some, but then I looked at a graph of these etf's during the GFC, and during covid. 20% ain't nuthin,lol.
The Fed reduced rates during each of those crisis', but with the tariff "policy"
being threatened, inflation is a big risk. Just based on grocery shopping yesterday,
inflation is going up. Fresh produce and coffee were noticeably up. So the Fed is
handcuffed in regards to slashing rates. Trump could always accuse the Fed of being woke,
force them all out, put in his own sycophants, and cut rates to 0%.
I'm still hiding in short term Treasuries. So as they mature each month, I reevaluate
at that time.
