Save Like a Pessimist and Invest Like an Optimist

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I’m pecking at the keyboard in the middle of a severe market correction in both the stock and crypto markets. Chicken Little is starting his “sky is falling” campaign and things could very well get worse before they get better. It’s a bit laughable that people forget that markets don’t go up in straight lines and are indeed cyclical – I’m sorry to say that this time isn’t any different. Everyone feels like a genius in a bull market, but these are the lessons “bull market geniuses” never learn: Leveraging Limits Optionality It’s a euphoric feeling (or so I’m told) when your returns are multiplied by debt. However…it’s catastrophic when leverage cuts the other way. Cash Isn’t Trash Cash looks …