about this analogy Message 31828046 tee-ed up only so few hours ago, it would seem the dash towards somethings may have started, but let us listen for the bell toll that would be the credit spreads of HY : T-bills
looking for the trigger that 'caused' the equity dump, that market which is much more emotion-driven than the by-the-numbers bond market, the market that is considerably larger, more liquid, and matter-of-fact.
the bond market so far has been quite sanguine per nothing is wrong stance. perhaps it is now the preliminary exam week.
excitement could be straight ahead, and then we get into 2026 / 2032 per thread topic
gold seems quite cheap, almost worthless, and can get cheaper if indeed the russians (oops, i meant the chinese) are manipulating (neah, i meant free-marketing) RMB (gad, did it again, meant USD) value by channeling gold on the Moscow (darn, Shanghai) Gold Exchange not (may have typed 'not' by mistake) as a part of the trade (economic) war and cold war ii
would observe that the timing is inconvenient at many levels, one of which is most including self do not have enough gold, but then again, the metal is trending down, meaning not up, so perhaps we best count our blessings so that we may count again tomorrow :0)
in any case, whatever the financial storm, i am a believer in all-natural, organic, free-range, wholistic, traditional medicine, that which can be uncovered, acid-bathed, assayed, and shown-n-told
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