Trade Pessimism for Profits as Market Sentiment Sours

Two investing greats provide a road map to success in tough markets. [Turn Your Images On] [Templeton and Buffett Traded Pessimism for Profits — You Can Too!]( [Turn Your Images On] [Adam O'Dell, Chief Investment Strategist]( I mentioned [last week]( that humans are hard-wired to be terrible investors. They bid up prices into ridiculous bubbles … only to then panic sell and push prices to irrational lows similar to the bubble highs. They swing from one extreme to the other. But that’s exactly what we want them to do! Irrational pricing creates incredible opportunities that we would never get in a world full of rational folks. One of my favorite examples is that of the legendary Sir John Templeton. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Consistent Double- and Triple-Digit Gains Averaging 90 Days]( Over the last eight months, Adam O’Dell’s Max Profit Alert has helped members score consistent double- and triple-digit gains, each one lasting just 90 days on average … all while the market fell 8% during the same time period. Now, on August 30, Adam O’Dell is going public with a new Max Profit Alert presentation. [Click here to register]( for Adam’s special Max Profit Alert announcement on August 30 at 11 a.m. ET… And see how he’s been helping people profit during what has been called “the worst first half for the market in 50 years.” [Click here to register.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Templeton Used “Maximum Pessimism” to 4X His Investment Templeton started his investing career at one of the scariest times in human history. It was 1939, and Hitler’s Wehrmacht was a wrecking ball across Europe. To say it was a time of “maximum pessimism,” to use one of Templeton’s favorite phrases, is an understatement! But Templeton saw an opportunity. He knew some of the gloominess was warranted, as war would disrupt regular commerce and business failures were inevitable. But he also knew that stocks were priced as if it were the end of capitalism. What was his response? Templeton borrowed $10,000 and bought 100 shares of every stock on the New York Stock Exchange trading for less than $1 (just over 100 companies at the time). He understood that at those prices, he could take a total loss on some of the positions and still make a killing on the portfolio. Four years later, that $10,000 had grown to $40,000 as prices snapped back from irrationally pessimistic to “normal.” Now, we have the benefit of hindsight. We know Hitler lost the war and that the Allied forces were the last standing. But that’s not how it looked in 1939. Germany was winning, and it looked bleak. Buying stocks at the onset of a world war must have felt like a punch to the gut. But that’s when the best opportunities present themselves: when the thought of investing turns your stomach! Note: [Click here to see]( how my Max Profit Alert system targets maximum pessimism in today’s market. Buffett’s Contrarian Bets Paid Off Warren Buffett wasn’t betting against the Nazis. But like Templeton, he built a fortune betting against the psychological extremes of the investing public. Like his famous quote, Buffett was fearful when others were greedy and greedy when others were fearful. Think back to the 1970s. That was a nasty time to be an investor. Stagflation — high inflation coupled with sluggish growth — was sucking the life out of the market. The 1973 to 1974 bear market was one of the worst in the history, as the S&P 500 lost about half its value. And it just ground on forever, lasting for 21 months. But while most investors were scared to open their brokerage statements, let alone put new capital to work, Buffett was downright giddy, telling Forbes: “This is the time to start investing.” And that he did. Buffett went on a buying spree in the 1970s. He bought Geico (now the linchpin of his financial empire), The Washington Post and a host of smaller media properties that were left for dead. Print newspapers are a dying business today. But Buffett turned his $11 million acquisition of WaPo into a $1.1 billion windfall when he sold it to Jeff Bezos in 2014. Buffett multiplied his initial investment by 100! True contrarian investing like that is crippling at a psychological level … which is why so few people ever succeed like Buffett did. But this is also why it’s crucial to take your emotions out of the equation by investing with a rules-based system. --------------------------------------------------------------- FROM OUR PARTNERS [EV Hesitation Resolved by the “Forever Battery”]( Gas prices are hitting us all where it hurts — our wallets. But there’s still hesitation to buy electric vehicles. One tiny company’s breakthrough battery tech will knock out all those hesitations. A 15-minute charge could soon take you 1,000 miles. We call it the “Forever Battery” — getting in early could mean huge profits. [Click here to see how you could take advantage.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- How We Profited During 2022’s Pessimism That’s what Charles Sizemore and I do with our Green Zone Fortunes premium stock research service. We have strict criteria that a stock must meet before we recommend it and we have rules in place for getting in and out of a trade. Creating rules-based trading systems is what I do. It’s how I designed my Max Profit Alert strategy. I use my trading algorithms to find crowded trades — situations in which investors have become too irrational in their bullishness or bearishness — and then bet the other way. And it works! In the first half of 2022 — one of the worst six months in the history of the stock market — my readers enjoyed a string of quick and profitable trades: - 16% in one day trading the VXX volatility index. - 70% in 34 days on the Russell 2000, an index of small-cap stocks. - Another 34% on the Russell 2000 in just 21 days. - 23% on a Spanish ETF in 12 days. And they were able to do this because my model identified extreme sentiment. We bet the other way and made solid returns while the broader market tumbled. Of course, we aren’t finished. I’ll use [my Max Profit Alert]( signal to find more double- and triple-digit winners while other investors pull out their hair. I know many investors (maybe you) [are looking for direction]( as market uncertainty remains elevated. Growth and wealth protection is the goal — and if that’s you … pay attention. I will show you how to stop worrying about stock market volatility, inflation, recession and any other economic or geopolitical crisis. And my Max Profit Alert strategy will help you do that. [Click here to sign up for my special presentation, which is only a week away.]( Get ready to be like Buffett and Templeton and turn the market’s maximum pessimism into maximum profits! To good profits, Adam O'Dell Chief Investment Strategist Suggested Stories: [Meme Stocks Are Still Kicking — 2 Lessons After BBBY’s 60% Crash]( [Massive Texas Migration a Boon for High-Value Rental REIT]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turn Your Images On] 1973: In Stockholm, Sweden, a failed robbery occurred at the country's biggest bank. The captor held four employees hostage for six days. 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