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Don’t Confuse Brains With A Bull Market, Or Price With Value

Nov 10, 2024Jeremy ParkinsonFinance0

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Market Commentary:Don’t confuse brains with a Bull Market, or price with value

If you went to cash “waiting to see what happens” it just got hard to feel like buying now.

There are plenty of winners, and losers, in this market. The number of new 52- week lows is surprisingly high. The advance/decline line on the NASDAQ is not telling the same bullish story as the NYSE.

There is tremendous strength and activity in the bio- tech sector. I would not have any shorts in this sector. Look for a slew of merger activity. I am ready for one in particular.

It is more of a stock pickers market than usual as momentum factors are currently exaggerated, which is fine by me. It seems like the trading algos have been given unlimited room to run, which is scary to me.

I see blowoff runs taking place in a few names. Be careful of extended stocks, entry points matter. Even great stocks pull back

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