Tech Stocks Weak, Again - Crude Oil CRUSHED, Defensive Sectors Weak Too, What Now?

[MongiIG]

Discuss today’s changes in stocks, and earnings announcements!

 

 

 

[skyreach]

The FED wanting to weaken the economy or loss of jobs is a weird way to go about it!!!!!

The FED should just reign in EXCESSIVE MONEY SUPPLY THAT DRIVES THE EXCESSIVE MOVES IN THE SHARE MARKETS, COMMODITIES,  HOUSE PRICES , DEBT-LEVELS , ETC... ALL ARE HYPER-INFLATED.

Otherwise the market will play it out as the BIG BOYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON FROM THEIR INTERNAL ANALYSIS, WHICH IS OFTEN DIFFERENT FROM THAT GIVEN FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. THEY HAVE ALL THE METRICS AND INDICATORS THAT WE DO NOT.

The "sorting out of the economy" should be to CHECK THAT INDIVIDUAL businesses ARE OPERATING ON THEIR OWN BUSINESS CONDITION. INTEREST RATES ARE ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE THAT TAKES THE FOCUS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC DEBT BUILD UP AND EXCESSIVE PRICE RISES IN MANY THINGS.

They know all this cannot be sustained and a recession will follow despite the FED claim they are in control and will put the economy down. It would happen if they did nothing!!!  The FED, and other Western central banks have stopped giving forward guidance.

WHY? Because they have no idea what consequences will follow.  OR, if they know then they are not going to say why.

Commodities price rise is a BIG PROBLEM and may remain for sometime. But they will blame it on the current war --- yet the price rises BEGAN A YEAR BEFORE THAT WAR CAME BY. THEY HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BUT JUST ASSIGN A RECENT CAUSE THAT IS NOT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.

 BIG SPECULATORS WITH BIG MONEY FLOWS GOVERN THE MOVEMENTS OF OIL, GAS, ETC... NOT THE NEWS (THAT IS A SHORT TERM EFFECT). Time to time they will try to make others invested in it wrong and lose, hence the volatilities.

Yes, one has to know one's own psychology in investing. 

THE WHOLE KEY NOW IS THAT WE ARE IN THE BEAR MARKET THAT UNFOLDS SLOWLY, THEN LATER DROP MORE RAPIDLY. AT SOME POINT THE BULLS WILL SUFFER BIG. Huge bulls exist now that is based on margin debt investing by big players, like hedge funds.

So, what do you believe to be true   ---  BULL OR BEAR?

Elon Musk made a mistake of considering to buy Twitter in the first place. BUT THIS TYPE OF ACTION OCCUR WITH SOME OTHER COMPANIES AT THE PEAK OF A BULL MARKET AND EARLY STAGE BEAR MARKET.

Governments have their arms twisted by influence of the fossil fuel companies so new clean energy takes a back seat. The current events show how wrong it was NOT to force fossil companies to change faster in the first place when they could financially (no problem).