Hey, Ross here:
Welcome back.
Although the Fed cut on Friday, we saw a relatively sharp dip in the indexes on Friday.
Here are 5 reasons why I’m not worried yet.
Chart of the Day
First, let’s look at daily seasonality.
In 2025, Friday has tended to be one of the worst days of the week.
While this chart is a month old, it shows the S&P 500’s annualized returns for each day of the week.
Basically, if you took only Friday’s returns up till mid-November, the S&P 500 would have been down 15% for the year.
In other words, Friday has been largely a negative day for the markets this year – and last Friday was no different.
Plus, if we look at the Equal Weight S&P 500 – we can see that it’s still holding above its breakout.
And so is the small-cap Russell 2000.
Also, despite the dip on Friday, we still saw more new highs than new lows.
In fact, as you can see, the streak of net new highs has been unbroken since November 24 – three weeks ago.
Finally, we’re about to enter the second half of December –one of the strongest periods for markets historically.
So there you have it – 5 reasons I’m not worried about the markets for the moment…
And why you shouldn’t be either.
But as I explain below – we might be in the minority.
Insight of the Day
Because retail sentiment is so fragile, even normal dips could shatter the current bullish sentiment.
Retail sentiment has flipped back bullish for the past two weeks.
But make no mistake – retail sentiment is fickle and fragile.
And should we see another (perfectly normal) dip – or even a series of them…
Expect retail sentiment to go down the toilet again.
That’s the opportunity that the institutional “big dogs” will be jumping on – and one we can do so as well.
Because like I said, I’m highly bullish going into 2026…
Meaning any drop in retail sentiment is a buying opportunity we can take advantage of, especially as we enter the second half of December.
And tomorrow, Tuesday December 16, at 11 a.m. Eastern…
I’m going LIVE for a FREE presentation on how you can make the most of one of the strongest periods in the markets.
It all has to do with leveraging the billion-dollar institutional investors…
Those with the capital to truly move markets…
And those who have a well-established pattern for exploiting retail fear for their own gain.
The strategy I’ll be demonstrating tomorrow could already have delivered multiple double-digit gains in the past few weeks…
But as we enter the second half of December, this could just be the start.
So click here to save your seat for my free live strategy reveal Tuesday…
And I’ll see you tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET.
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