What if It Doesn't Get Better?

Editor's note: In the 1980s, Mason Sexton became a star on Wall Street... In 1982, he predicted stocks would explode after having gone sideways for 14 years. He was right. And in 1987, he told people to short the stock market – 11 days before the crash. After Black Monday, everyone from CNN to Time […] Not rendering correctly? View this e-mail as a web page [here](. [Empire Financial Daily] Editor's note: In the 1980s, Mason Sexton became a star on Wall Street... In 1982, he predicted stocks would explode after having gone sideways for 14 years. He was right. And in 1987, he told people to short the stock market – 11 days before the crash. After Black Monday, everyone from CNN to Time magazine deemed him an oracle. The Economist said he could be "the next guru." Then, he all but disappeared from the public eye. And for years, his uncanny market calls and predictions have been reserved for the world's top-ranked hedge funds, who have secretly paid him as much as $10,000 per month to access his insights. Mason just "went public" for the first time in 30 years... and shared the details of the strange and ominous forecast he sees ahead for America over the next three years. In today's essay, he shares some of those insights... --------------------------------------------------------------- What if It Doesn't Get Better? By Mason Sexton --------------------------------------------------------------- [FREE STOCK PICK From Louis Navellier and Whitney Tilson]( Why the 2022 sell-off created an opening for ordinary folks to make 5 to 10 times your money, beginning immediately... through a historic unveiling this summer in Las Vegas. [Watch now](. --------------------------------------------------------------- In 2021, something strange happened... Inflation – the scourge of the 1970s – began to climb. For investors under a certain age, this was new. They'd never invested in a high-inflation environment before. "Not to worry," assured the men in charge. "Things will get better." But in the first two quarters of 2022, the U.S. GDP shrank. That's one of the common definitions of a recession. But the Fed, the media, and the president told you it wasn't really a recession. "Besides, things will get better," they said. Then the stock market plunged. And 2022 was the worst year ever for Treasury bonds. Then, the banks began to fail... We're only five months into the year, and bank failures have surpassed 2008 in terms of total assets. "Not to worry," said Fed boss Jerome Powell. "The U.S. banking system is sound and resilient." Once again, the message was the same, "Please don't worry. Things will get better." But today, I want you to consider a radical possibility... What if the worst is yet to come? What if the stock market moves sideways (or down, after you account for inflation) for a decade or more? That's what I saw during the first 10 years of my career in the 1970s and 1980s. And what if the system – propped up by extraordinary amounts of debt, low rates, and magical thinking – has finally found its limit? What would you do in that situation? These are the questions I ask you to consider today. My research shows me that an event is coming that few of us have seen before. And I predict it will arrive in the next eight weeks. Many investors will be lucky to breakeven. Many will be utterly wiped out. But a lucky few will see this coming and position themselves for extraordinary returns. What you do in the weeks ahead could determine the trajectory of your wealth – and your retirement – for years to come. --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Link: [The Elon Musk Story No One's Telling]( While Elon deals with Twitter, satellite internet, SpaceX, Tesla and everything else you've likely heard about lately... Another Elon story has been playing out behind the scenes... That Elon has been quietly leveraging a brand new "secret currency..." A secret currency that the International Monetary Fund predicts could rise as high as 24,900%. [Click here for all the details](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Let me show you what I mean... My name is Mason Sexton. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1972, I began a career on Wall Street. I spent three years in the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Stanley. I did a stint with Salomon Brothers in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Department. Then, I headed the Sales and Research Department of Mabon, Nugent & Company. Then, in 1984, I founded my own research firm Harmonic Research, where we specialized in precise market timing. And when I say precise, I mean down to the day or even hour. Timer Digest – a publication that tracked analysts' market timing – named me "Top 10 Timer" for 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994, when I made the cover. It was during my time with Harmonic Research that I experienced the crash of 1987. Most don't remember. But 1987 was a great year for stocks... until it wasn't. In my "Long-Term Forecast 1985-1992," which I published in early 1985, I predicted that "in 1987 the stock market will enjoy its biggest rally in history." The Dow opened the year at 1,908 points. At the peak, two months before the crash that October, it was at 2,722 points. That's a 43% increase. It's hard for folks who didn't live through that time to grasp the relief that investors felt. After more than a decade of negative "real" (or inflation adjusted) returns, here was a rally that would lift investors out of the doldrums of the "stagflationary" late 1970s and early 1980s. Things were finally better! But the worst was yet to come... On August 14, 1987, CNN interviewed me. As I told the network... What we think will happen is that we'll get an important top somewhere around August 24 or 25. If I had to guess the final top, it would be the first or second week of October. When I say "the final top," that would precede a correction of 15% to 20% "minimum" in the [Dow]. As it happens, the Dow topped at 2,722 on August 25. It was the all-time high for 1987. And it was a level that the index wouldn't see again until August 1989. You may recall what happened next... On Monday, October 19, the Dow plunged by 508 points, or 22.6%. To this day, it's the worst one-day drop for the index in percentage terms. Black Monday had arrived... Of course, it's one thing to predict a crash. It's another to tell investors what to do about it. As it happens, I did that, too. On October 2, 1987, I advised clients of Harmonic Research "to sell all stocks." Six days later, on FNN (the precursor to CNBC), I advised investors to, "Buy puts on the S&P index... Short IBM, GM, PA, XON, and CHV." Later, one of my clients told me that her traders had made a fortune by following this forecast. They were able to turn $100,000 into more than $13 million. Why should you care about this story today? There are rare moments in history when one decision can have momentous implications. In 1987, the decision was to prepare for a crash or be wiped out. Even legendary trader George Soros wound up on the wrong side of that plunge. He's reported to have lost $800 million in a matter of days in 1987. We face a similar situation today. Except the consequences for inaction could be even more severe than they were on Black Monday. As I said, my research shows that the carnage will begin in just eight weeks from now. Washington officials assure you at every turn not to panic... that things will get better. But as humans, we have a natural intuition for danger. Does it feel like things are OK? Does it feel like things are getting better? If you're honest with yourself, you know the answer. What precisely is coming? And how should you prepare? In a brand-new presentation, I'll give you the exact date this event will begin to unfold. This "prophecy" could rival my 1987 call that gave my clients the chance to make fortunes. [Watch it before it goes offline tomorrow at midnight](. Regards, Mason Sexton June 1, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------- If someone forwarded you this e-mail and you would like to be added to the Empire Financial Daily e-mail list to receive e-mails like this every weekday, simply [sign up here](. © 2023 Empire Financial Research. All rights reserved. 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