The Market Oracle: Misplaced Stock Market Optimism Signals Crash Potential
Misplaced Stock Market Optimism Signals Crash Potential :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website
As discussed in previous commentary, despite the dire realities affecting the global economy, it appears investors are not heeding the warnings. Sure, some people are paralyzed like a deer in the headlights, where you can’t blame them if they are just waking up to the reality of what lies before us. However, these still appear to be the few, with most still in denial concerning future prospects for the economy and markets. This is evidenced in gold and silver’s sluggish performance of late. It should be doing far better as an alternative, but again, the public does not see the need to buy it yet. Can you blame them however, with the incessant cheerleading and gaming that the media (CNBC in particular) pawns off as analysis? Exposed long enough to this kind of thing it’s bound to have an effect – that’s just common sense.