One thing we know for sure is that stock prices go up and stock prices go down.

Sometimes they go up mostly in unison, and other times most of them trade lower together....

Emerging Markets can be a funny thing.

Remember, this isn't your dad's emerging markets.

It's different now.

You want to talk about broadening participation in this bull market?

Here you go.

This week we saw more countries around the...

Stock prices don't go straight up, even during bull markets.

Corrections are a normal phenomenon.

Messy market environments are perfectly normal too.

And that's exactly what we've seen.

To be clear, corrections and...

S&P500 New All-time Highs

Nasdaq Composite New All-time Highs

NYSE Composite New All-time Highs

Look at this squeeze in GameStop $GME happening as we speak.

$GME more than doubled in price yesterday, finally closing up 75% on the day. That's a 200% rally in just a...

Aaaaaand, we're back!

Look at this squeeze in GameStop happening as we speak.

From failed moves come very fast moves in the...

Months and months are going by with little to no progress at all in the major U.S. Stock Market Indexes.

Just look at the returns by sector since the beginning of March....

I love a stock that people hate for reasons that have nothing to do with the stock.

We've seen it so many times before and I promise that we'll see it again.

These days the most amount of anger is being pointed towards Trump Media....

In yesterday's note we talked about the lack of progress in most...

How's this messy market treating you?

Are you happy the market is a mess? Or do you find it frustrating?

Keep in mind, the S&...

Here are the returns of a series of country ETFs since October.

Notice how the ones from the U.S. are further down the list than you might expect.

The Small-cap Indexes in America have had a tough time for a while now.

Since the start of 2022, both of these Small-cap Indexes have actually produced a negative return....

It's amazing what price action can do to change sentiment.

We went from frothy optimism just a couple of months ago, to a much more pessimistic environment for investors....

What's on your mind these days?

I'll tell you what I'm thinking about.

I'm used to a market where stocks struggle when the US...

Last night was my favorite thing that we do around here.

We had our ...

I know I've already said it a lot over the past few months, but for those people in the back who may not be able to hear so well...

THIS YEAR IS NOT ANYTHING LIKE LAST YEAR...

The month isn't over yet but I peaked.

How many assets can you think of that have been positive every single month this year?

...

The Japanese Yen hit levels last night not seen in over 30 years.

There was historic volatility this morning and some key reversals that may or may not hold over the short-...

Imagine being one of these people who are lying to US citizens about falling interest rates?

Or worse, imagine being one of the poor victims who actually believed them?...

You're finally seeing some of that defensive rotation with Utilities representing the only sector that is hitting new 6-month highs this week.

Here is a chart of Utilities...

Island Reversals are few and far between. They don't show up very often.

But when they do....look out!

Here's Meta, the parent...

Stock prices don't move based on "fundamentals".

Prices move based on positioning.

When investors are primarily on one side of a...

This is one of the biggest questions we want to ask ourselves right now.

How many ounces of Silver does it take to buy just 1oz of Gold?