Fear Sells | Jonathan Satovsky Thoughts

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Fear sells. Fear sells 2 to 5 times. Fear sells. Why do I say this? We’re now in January of 2025, and the vast majority of people I speak to are gripped with fear. Fear of loss. Fear of the election. Fear of tariffs. Fear of change. Fear of markets. Oh, they’ve had two great years in a row. Can’t keep going. It’s got to. And it’s got to go down. Well, for your fact. Little statistic. You know, often they say there’s a concept how the first five days of January goes or how the month of January goes is how the market goes. So midway through the month, we’re on track for a positive January, which means there’s an 80% probability, from my understanding, hearing from some other experts in the area, a very high probability that we’re going to have a positive year, in fact, a double-digit year in the US markets. Personally, I expect a lot more volatility because change brings with it a lot of anxiety.

People buying, people selling, people sort of getting wrapped up in the moment. That being said, I’ll say as we sit here in mid-January, people are on the spectrum of 0 to 100. We’ve been vacillating between 23 to 30 on the fear, to extreme fear. Sentiment level AAII sentiment survey jump in bearish sentiment. Massive jump in bearish sentiment. And I imagine it would follow by money flows that would relate to that. So in my desire to create better investors over a lifetime versus making sure you pick the best investments to become a better investor, you got to keep the habit and discipline of saving and investing, regardless of the sentiment on your path to wisdom, wealth, and wellness.

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Video Recorded January 17, 2025
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