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16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon

Hey Guys...
There are always two sides to any situation (just ask your wife/girlfriend). While an awful lot of arguments can be cited for a lower market in the near/intermediate term, a similar number (in importance, at least) can be cited for an opposite viewpoint - they can all be boiled down to ONE though - investor psychology.
I agree fully that the market is due for a correction. But it is where it is, despite all the doom & gloom arguments, because investors as a whole prefer to ignore the awful realities of today and prefer to "anchor" their strategies on the fact that the market - over the long term - will inevitably continue on its merry way due to the indisputable resilience of the human spirit. OK, I perhaps digress here.
But the point is, in the short/intermediate term (you decide what that is), the market is over-extended. Viewed over the longer term, it is no doubt cheap and will continue to gradually climb higher and higher - it always has, and that's because we as a species inevitably adapt and move forward. So, define your investment strategy within a defined time perspective, and move on.
Just remember that investor psychology incorporates two rather dismal attributes - fear and greed - and these always produce market price oscillations, up...down...up...down.... That's the nature of the beast, so live with it by adapting to it.
Good luck, and then some.

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