What to Do About the Rip, the Rally, and the Aftermath

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The market was deadsville coming into the close – completely boring. In fact, it was like that for most of the day today! Volume, trade, volatility – all were on the low side.

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the market more or less exhausted itself with the fireworks this week.

But here’s the thing: Volatility doesn’t just disappear. When you zoom into the tape, you can see the violence is still there. I’ll show you how. After all, there is such a thing as upside volatility.

The market is beginning to fixate on the idea of the “Goldilocks market,” where inflation, unemployment, and growth are all juuuuust right. You’re going to hear a lot about that in the week ahead I think.

But I’m going to show you how this market is, at best, one iffy economic data point from mayhem again. Watch…

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