Meanwhile, the market indexes remain on cruise control as traders await Jerome Powell's utterances at Jackson Hole.
The mantra should sound alarm bells in your noggin, especially when so many Fed members are indicating that they are intent on fighting inflation.
That admonition includes how to approach trading the major market ETFs such as SPY, which we examine more closely.
The iShares 20+Year Treasury Bond ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust serve as examples of why to follow that advice.
There is not sufficient technical evidence to assert that Wednesday's decline in stocks was the beginning of a severe decline.
Getting caught in a short squeeze without an exit strategy is an even worse feeling that getting hit with fear of missing out on the way up.
It's normal for investors to want definitive answers about trends, but it's not realistic.
There are a pair of moving averages to watch in this process.
Just when is the Federal Reserve going to reduce the cash slosh, anyway?
It seems to be time to err on the side of caution when dealing with the Invesco QQQ Trust.