DISQUS

Investor in the Wilderness: Wilderness Investors Post Crash Outlook

  • Rajshree · 1 year ago
    Hi Zach,

    i share the same sentiments as you, i am also a bit uneasy with the rally from last week. All indications are pointing towards a long and deep recession, and that is not just here in the US its worldwide, i have parents and brothers back home in India, and they have multiple retail stores, according to them business has slowed down and a lot of their friends have lost big time in the local stock market.
    Remember my note during August, when the price was around 170s, and i noted that the runup from 150 to 180 in a matter of 7 days looked weird with all those upgrades.
    i think the market will test the lows again. What do you say ??
    Rajshree
  • Zach Bass · 1 year ago
    I think we're in for a near-term rally, but unless that rally has some legs, and we can clear the 20 day EMA on the indexes with some force, then I think you're right, that we may test the bottom once again, and possibly go lower.
  • Thom · 1 year ago
    Don't for a heartbeat think that this was the bottom. We still have to see the correction in the Dollar! We have pumped so much liquidity into the system yet the Dollar has yet to feel it's effect. Right now it's being propped up by massive foreign purchases as hedges against the falling Euro and Pound but that will soon end and it's valuation will plummet. 1% fed rate? Effective .67% overnight? $1+Trillion created out of thin air? Watch the dollar test it's lows of .74 or worse. Oil and other commodities won't reach their highs like earlier this year due to demand destruction but Gold and other currency placeholders will go back up. This has been a time-bomb waiting to happen and we are still in the middle of the explosion.

    The only advantage of the dollar drop will be our exports will be more competitive which MIGHT help out the industrial sector but again, demand destruction will mute this effect.
  • Zach Bass · 1 year ago
    Hey Thom, I wasn't saying this is THE bottom, I'm saying this is a near-term bottom. All the longer term charts point to more pain. We're gonna need some serious upside over the coming weeks to negate your doom and gloom picture. And that's gonna be tough.

    Do I think the market will do it? I give it a 50/50 shot. In the mean time, I'll make hay while the suns shining. But as soon as I see those clouds forming overhead, I'm running for the shelter.