Bears, Santa, FOMO, the Fed - All About to Collide

[Company Logo] Are you tired of feeling bearish (even if you’ve been right)? Are you feeling more bearish than you have in a long time? You’re not alone, and it’s understandable. Recently, there have been countless statistics reported about bearish behavior like… …record breaking volume in bearish bets using put options, …extremely low levels of cash inflows into equities, and …record low levels of equity exposure by active money managers. …as you can see in the chart below produced by Bank of America’s Fund Managers Survey (FMS), managers now have the highest percentage of cash they’ve held since 2001. [image] There’s a lot of bearishness out there, and… There’s a way to trade this bear market without all the stress that bear markets can create. Even though bear markets have always created huge opportunities for traders and active investors, they’re rarely enjoyable or easy. Sometimes the hardest part about a bear market is how unpredictable it feels. Or worse, it feels obvious that the only outcome is negative. Good news… [As I explained in last week’s webinar (watch the replay)](... There are always trading and active investment opportunities, but they are harder to find, mistakes trading them are more costly, and they are often different than the best bull market ideas. In bear markets, the prudent investor looks for safer investments that can grow or preserve your capital during the bearish trends but still offer substantial potential gains during up trends (bear market rallies or new bull markets). At MarketGauge, we’ve been through all the bear markets dating back to the late 1970s. One thing is always true… Turning bear markets into opportunities requires discipline and confidence. As a result, we develop strategies and algorithmic trading systems that provide proven trading rules and focus on reducing risk without sacrificing returns that have the potential to provide live changing gains over time. Frankly, it wouldn’t be possible to find and develop these systems and opportunities if we didn’t have great technological help in terms of the right people and software. [In last week’s webinar, I shared one of our latest bear market solutions](. Experience helps too, because after experiencing an ugly bear market, you realize the value of strategies that enable you to… - Be confident in your financial future, because you won’t need to predict a market bottom to succeed. - Have less stress and more assets that will compound into bigger returns over time, because the strategies have low drawdowns. - Become a disciplined and confident trader even if you’re just starting or trading part-time, because the strategies have clear and easy-to-follow trading rules. If you’re ready to trade the bear market with a better edge than most even pros have, and be prepared for any market rally that may develop, [check out the replay of last week’s webinar here.]( Don’t wait. The replay expires TONIGHT, and… We’ll be releasing 3 – 5 new trades this week! Santa and FOMO vs. the Fed There are some compelling reasons to expect a market rally in the near term. In the webinar replay, I show a chart of how bullish the October to December time frame can be – especially in years where there is a midterm election. A recent Bloomberg article put it this way… “Since 1942, the final two months of a year have enjoyed share gains about 75% of the time. While stocks experienced a similar frequency of positive returns at the end of midterm years, the index saw bigger gains over those periods, with the S&P 500 rising more than 6% on average.” - [Bloomberg, Oct. 21](=). Will this historical pattern, also known as the “Santa Rally,” repeat? This time around it’s fighting a restrictive Fed, but this year most managers are down on the year. As a result, any market rally a manager doesn’t participate in will make their performance relative to the benchmark even worse. Down and worse than the benchmark is a bad place for a manager to end the year. If a rally begins, the theme may be FOMO vs. the Fed into year-end. The same Bloomberg article mentioned above shared the interesting chart below illustrating that active money managers have been increasing equity exposure recently after having their lowest exposure in two years in September. [image] Fortunately, there is a better way to build your wealth than riding the FOMO vs. the Fed rollercoaster! It’s called “Large Cap Leaders,” and it’s powered by our M5 Propulsion Method. [You’ll find all the details in the replay of last week’s webinar here.]( Best wishes for your trading, Geoff Bysshe President MarketGauge P.S. Got Questions? If you don’t want to miss your opportunity to use the Large Cap Leaders system, and you’d like to discuss it further with us, [use this link to book a consulting call with Rob Quinn](), our Chief Strategy Consultant, or send him a text/call at (407) 770-7637. There’s no pressure to buy anything, and he can also share other bear market solutions in addition to opportunities to have strategies auto-traded for you! Get more - follow us here... Twitter [@marketgauge](=) and [@marketminute](=) and [Facebook](=) To stop receiving this go [here.](=) Got Questions?Office hours 9-5 ET (New York time) Email: info@marketgauge.com Live Chat: Go to bottom right corner of our [home page.](=) Call: 888-241-3060 or 973-729-0485 There is substantial risk of loss associated with trading any securities including and not limited to stocks, ETFs, futures, and options. Only risk capital should be used to trade. Trading securities is not suitable for everyone. No representation is being made that the use of this strategy or any system or trading methodology will generate profits. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. 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