Posted on 08/10/2017 3:41:53 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
As a small investor (not small for me in that my life savings hangs in the balance), I watch the market daily.
It tells me what is going on in the world (among other things).
Considering that the issue of the day is North Korea and the possible invasion of said Norkdom, I watch my small investment in the ETF "ITA".
ITA is a Defense and AeroSpace ETF which is supposed to be a defensive buy against any attack on the Norks.
ITA rose to 170 in today's premarket and then fell to 168 at the close of today's trading.
Now, what does this tell us? (reading tea leaves here)
It seems to say that the market thought that an attack on N. Korea was imminent...and, upon digesting the full import of such attack, the ETF dropped in value because of the uncertain outcome.
Just guessing here, but the market thinks the manure is about to hit the fan.
Invest and/or hedge accordingly.
Our people not being recalled tells me a deal has been struck with coupsters.
Considering the huge influence of hedge funds on ETF’s and the market (with said hedge funds paying huge amounts for inside information), I would suggest that the markets will tell us in advance of what is about to happen.
Please elaborate.
Buy the rumor....
Any serious attack requires moving mountains of supplies. I haven’t seen anything to indicate that much material has moved and it would be hard to keep it under wraps. That supply movement, or lack of it, is why Obama was never taken seriously. Words mean nothing, but moving the logistics speaks volumes and gets action. If you want a country at the negotiating table, you move twenty or thirty thousand tons of supplies into forward positions. You whistle up bombers and transports. A good bluff is one that isn’t a bluff at all. Where we would find out this is taking place is when Fat Boy suddenly doubles down on his threats and then makes an overture for negotiations. Haven’t seen that yet. (Of course, his sources, the Chinese and the Russians, might not have mentioned anything, as they really want him neutered as well.)
That the rhetoric has scaled this high yet we haven’t pulled our people - publicly - tells me we won’t because a coup deal was cut by China.
When we started shipping stuff to Saudi Arabia for Desert Storm I knew we were serious.
China is no friend.
They are still true believers in communism.
This is Trump's chance to go BIG.
And Trump always goes BIG.
Better buy missile mfg stocks quick.
I read this book. It was really good.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Moving_Mountains.html?id=aU8Vwa8yjtkC
It’s on the logistics buildup to Desert Storm.
Good generals study tactics...great generals study logistics.
The markets look months down the road n what you see going on in the news was already figured in to the market months ago.
Old adage, buy when every one else is selling. Sell when everu one else is buying. Sounds simple but it’s really hard to do.
Speaking of presence in the region, whatever happened to that Task Force that was sailing toward Korea in the spring? It was watched breathlessly for a couple months, then faded away.
Raytheon makes the Tomahawk cruise missile. They've had a good run, but no more so than the market in general. If the market were,anticipating war, I think RTN would break out.
The markets look as far forward as they can see.
In times like these, they can only see tomorrow morningn (if that).
The markets were already too high and needed a correction, this is a small correction. Has zero to do with the news, zero.
On EFF’s what? What does ETF have that affects the market? Is it a secret stock manipulation program? ETF’s what? Are there several ETFs?
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