Now, as usual, things are on target in the never-ending march onward and upward. I hope I live long enough to see the day when this whole thing implodes, but I suspect maybe I won't. A combination of simply surrealistic ability to extend and pretend combined with my health/luck, and I'll probably kick the bucket the day before it gives way. So, take that as an indicator. If you hear I'm in the big trading pit in the sky, short the heck out of this baby. Anyway, all joking aside, take a look at this headline:
Here's the link to the full article: http://evilspeculator.com/?p=39382 One of the main takeaways is something I read about years ago. We are not wired for all this information, or our lifestyles. We are wired to walk around with sticks, and never see more than fifty people in our lifetime. As an aside, they did a physiological study that showed every time we see an unfamiliar face, even in a magazine, picture, on TV, etc., we get stressed (even the most calm, confident, happy go luck people, perhaps just less). When we walk down a crowded street and see hundreds of faces we stress, cumulatively, quite a lot, even though we don't sense it. Over time, this takes its toll (with, of course, many other factors like the insane pollution, and chemicals in everything we touch and get our food in. How's that 50% cancer rate looking now?).
We are not wired for this life. That's why headlines like this are appearing right on schedule, and we can expect they always will, like clockwork. This will never change, Our job, if we are to be successful speculators/traders, is to work that to our advantage, and not get sucked in. That is why one of my biggest pet peeves is to see 'traders', some well-respected amongst the amateurs, getting all caught up in the frenzy. It's why I make posts where I sound like I'm super-duper bullish. It's like 'satirical'. It's meant to show what asses those people look like. To bring attention to the concept. I hope my readers get this.