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That's interesting. Though I kind of look at it this way.

Wow, is right...and don't forget the time it took to happen...

"The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s general business conditions index fell 34.4 points to -21.5...

And expect a lot more of these...

Thanks for an excellent newsletter, Matt. Please keep reminding us of what past Bear mkts looked like. So easy to forget.

He wrote an interesting book but...Tim knight has been a bear his entire life!

actually a couple of good ideas annced...drive through testing...get tested and a burger at the same time

Thanks for the diamond, Matt. Got a shiny new bull put spread profit on the bounce.

Which is why I like credit spreads when the IV is high once I know the direction.

A doji with A/D numbers I've never seen before

...or tele-anything. This experience will finally convince many companies that pushed against it that employees working from home can be just as, if not more, productive (and cost-saving for the organization.)

And if you are old enough, you can remember when it did just that in the past...

An awful lot of  investors, even money managers have never seen or been though anything like this before. I feel for them when they get a gander at their balances.

My target coming up...

Politics, religion, sex ... OK there's only one left to talk about then...

Not a naive question at all. With all that has happened recently the chances are good. In general, the Dems will push back at anything that makes Trump look good. But there is plenty he can do without them.

At Monday's close, the S&P 500 was -18.9% from its closing high.  Market history features an unlikely number of declines of ~19%, just short of the (arbitrary) 20% bear-market threshold. 2018: -19.8% 2011: -19.4% 1998: -19.3% 1990: -19.9%