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Seeing a pattern when none exists, and trying to beat the market, is a dangerous game, especially after the market has begun rising.
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Jeff Sommer
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Do you remember the best day in the US stock market in the last 16 years?
I didn’t, even though it occurred just a few months ago. I had forgotten that the US stock market rose nearly 10 per cent on April 9 – a magnificent gain that I discounted at the time because it happened in the middle of the wild stock swings caused by the on-again, off-again Trump tariff announcements.
