Why do permabears get more love than permabulls at ET?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by MKTrader, Apr 30, 2020.

  1. MKTrader

    MKTrader

    Both are wrong, but ET gives permabears a lot more slack and undeserved recognition. Case in point: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...me-high-by-the-end-april.342955/#post-5064501

    The TS was wrong and probably trolling a bit (no 30%+ drop has fully recovered in 2 months), but the S&P 500 ended April TWICE as far away from the March low than the ATH. The fact that comment was made by someone who sells "trading edumucation" and got 5 likes is telling of the quality (or lack thereof) of posting here.
     
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  2. maxinger

    maxinger

    It should be :

    Why do traders love both permabears and permabulls at ET?
     
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Because permabears are not propped by the fed.
     
  4. schizo

    schizo

    The problem isn't whether one is a permabull or a permabear. It's more about stoking one's ego from getting the direction right. Whether they actually make money from their calls is another matter. Anyway, I fear most of these Nostradamus suffer from major narcissism. (I'm sure, as a permabull, you probably suffer the same disease.) :rolleyes:
     
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  5. MKTrader

    MKTrader

    I'm a permabull based on what? When did I predict the market would be at X level by Y date?
     
  6. I find it interesting roubini, elmarian, Rosenberg, Jim Rogers make a career off being permabearish but market has been going straight up for past decade. Just got hang in and you get the spotlight eventually.
     
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  7. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Maybe there is more bears than bulls out there.
    We tend to like what's alike. Isn't it ?
     
  8. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Head or Tail ?
    I'll bet on the edge :finger:

    It's about 1 toss out of 6000
     
  9. MKTrader

    MKTrader

    As ridiculous as Dow 40,000 was back in 1999, there are "analysts" like Harry Dent who's called for Dow 5000 in recent years...and he still makes a very good living off newsletters and speaking gigs while Dow 40K was laughed off two decades ago. The irony is Dent was a similar permabull in the 90s and looked smart, but his uber-bearish demographic hocus pocus analysis has been a dismal failure after switching his bias.

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    Last edited: May 1, 2020
    #10     May 1, 2020