Dear friends,
I currently see a couple of nasty developments that could put an end to the 2021 bull of stocks and crypto.
1. The conflict with Russia Ukraine. Very dangerous! The troops on the Russian side have expanded from 100,000 to right now 170,000 and rising!
2. Omicron which causes inflammation in the lungs 70X faster than the Delta variant. Omicron is also 4 times more contagious than Delta and 8 times more than the original Covid-19.
3 Hyperinflation. Energy prices continue to rise and are going to get much higher which could become another oil/gas crisis of sorts as we have seen more in the past.
4. Tapering of the unlimited money printing because inflation is too way high and rising. Result, interest rates rise and this is always bad for stocks. All the cheap borrowed money from the central banks has to go back and that can cause a crash below certain levels.
5. Prices have risen too quickly in recent years for stocks. Normally stocks rise 10% per year. Now on average 30%. IT just can't keep going up when the real value of stocks is not following. Take a Look at the economy. The unlimited printing of money. The energy crisis, The Russia / Ukraine conflict. China, hyperinflation and ..... the stocks are at All time high! This could only happen because of the trillions of dollars and Euro's which where invested in the stock, crypto and other markets.
Keep this in mind dear friends. You can trade perfectly but use tight stops and be prepared for a huge sell off rather sooner than later.