Tag: Momentum

Human beings are NOT machines. We’re driven by natural instincts that can send asset prices swinging like a pendulum. Fear and greed, fight or flight … these basic emotions are the primary cause behind the market’s violent up-and-down moves. Shifting from one emotion to the other can radically alter the market’s course, which is why we’ve seen growth stocks plunge so far so fast in 2022.  It’s enough to make me wonder whether my college years may have been better served studying psychology! Today I’m going to show you the pendulum on full display and what you can do to cash in on the market’s volatile emotional swings.