So what's the play going into next year? US quality + ex-usa value for the ideal combo? Or the other way around? Plus gold? Kinda boring tbh. I want big tech to rip but without the ai nonsense.

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You know what’s hot in the market right now? Barely profitable small caps. Fuck profitable tech

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the SPY is up 22% YTD while miners are up 200%. Adjusted for currency devaluation the SPY is essentially up maybe 5%. That would mean it underperformed the HangSeng, the Nikkei, and most Western European stock exchanges, by a large large large margin. Over-valued sure. But a crash is not imminent imho. Plenty of other equity markets that have ran way hotter this year than the US. But the US still has the most innovation and value when it comes to big tech.

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seems like santa decided to leave tech out of the rally

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rotate tf outta semis and tech to healthcare, energy, staples, financials, and utilities. Boomer mode engaged

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Yeah $5m after taxes is my goal and I’d probably just put it all into long term after that and focus just on making money from my tech/business career, which I already am (graduated just last year), but the allure of quick wealth and having enough money to feel free at a relatively young age is certainly quite attractive, especially since it will probably be at least 7-10 years or so before I start seeing real money if I just continue to follow the corporate ladder. Nevertheless greed certainly gets the best of us and I’m seriously considering just not trading or at least doing it much less since I certainly don’t want to go down that road of endless losses.

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Continuation - Dumping of the big cap tech/AI stocks while small caps and non-tech run up from the sector rotation. It's been obvious market makers are gonna try to balance the books a bit more evenly as we head into the new year. This allows them to create and present a recovery story to clients for 2026 (esp. those who might be looking to de-risk from tech and might be thinking of pulling their cash out).

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I don’t understand a market where tech isn’t going up

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I get a massive erection every time I see red tech paired with some green Dow/Russell but this slow as molasses rotation needs some big ass -3% QQQ days to get the momentum up

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You know it’s bad when tech stocks aren’t on the board anymore

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