Why do we all like bear articles for the US markets more than bullish ones?
Here is Avi’s latest article discussing the proliferation of bearish articles and why investors seems to gravitate towards this theme.
This article is published on Gold-Eagle.com. Click here to read the full article.
Stock Market Analysts And Participants Have Turned “Chicken Little”
I am overwhelmed of late with the number of articles warning of an impending stock market crash. Yes, the sky seems to be falling. And, like you, I receive dozens of emails daily about how one should protect themselves for the impending stock market crash. In fact, this will likely be the most anticipated stock market crash in market history.
Why Are You So Bearish?
Have you ever wondered why so many articles are bearish of the stock market? Ever wonder why you gravitate to those articles more than the bullish ones? Ever wonder why you always feel the bearish articles are correct and the bullish ones are simply wrong?
People love to write and read about bearishness. Whether it is about how bad the economy is, or how bad earnings are, or how bad the stock market is, people just love to be negative. Of course, everyone knows the stock market is going to crash tomorrow. And, all of you simply love reading about the impending doom.
I know from personal experience that when I write an article which is negative on the stock market, I receive about 10 times more “likes” than when I am positive on the market. And, since I am more interested in identifying the accurate short term direction of the market, rather than feeding people what they want to read, I am able to see both sides of this coin.
Let’s face it folks; bearishness sells. Bearishness seems to be what the public wants to see in print. But, have you ever wondered why?
Click here to read the full article over at Gold-Eagle.
no we never wondered why professor Avi.
Please tell all your students why bearishness sells.
talk slow so we can understand.
will you take a hike already
JTL…Ditto…
Hi Gator….Have you heard from Jerry ?
Hey Irish..he’s probably in Indiana escaping the heat in Fl….
Thanks’.
Avi, don’t listen to this obnoxiously poor behaved characterly
flawed bitter person JTL.
He has suffered major unrecoverable financial losses in the
horse racing business and he is ill with mental anguish.
Poor soul, he just thought making bets would bring him good
fortune. He need to go get help and needs professional therapy
to stop his poor judgment with his gambling habits.
Hello Gator…Just had an email from Jerry, it seems “AL” deleted him he did not say why……..I don’t fecking believe it.
BTW…He asked me to let everybody know that he is fine.
Tony, tell that rascal to get back in here.
We will catch him on the rebound.
Tell him it’s a Free World, like he told me.
J – thank me later. !
Irish…I don’t believe it either..they let the likes of BM and TJ ramble on and seem to promote both of them…do not understand this site anymore…
Gator…I have posed the question to AL…..Why ?
+1!
Wow. I wondered what happened to Jerry, and figured he was just taking a breather, but didn’t realize he had been deleted. OOTB has been posting on here longer than most and his comments were greatly appreciated.
EX……Questions need to be asked, & answers need to be given.
Agreed. I’ve been taking a breather on here certain days myself, so I must have missed the big fallout and don’t know when it even happened or what it was regarding.
EX…I’m on here every day without fail & I’ve seen nothing . Maybe it was done by email.
I do agree with the point Avi made that people, in general, gravitate to negative news and articles.
Figuring the bearishness had gotten a bit extreme, and that the markets would bounce today, I made a little back on my volatility losses by shorting the VIX using (SVXY), and that worked out well as the markets rose into the close.
Good luck to everyone in their investing going into the end of the week.
As we are all doomed to die and lose all of our possessions, the bears always win in the end. Carpe diem!