Topley’s Top Ten – February 26, 2020

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Matt Topley
February 26, 2020

1.Coronavirus Map of Cases

Sellers are following thevirus – China was smoked 1st, then Koreas, now Euros.. The Bank of Korea announces its policy decision on Thursday, with risingrisks of an interest-rate cut

From Dave Lutz at JonesTrading.

2.Coronavirus Spread Versus SARS

Guggenheim

The giant flood of liquidity is driven byvirtually every central bank in the world injecting reserves into the system

 Buy the highest-quality securitiespossible that reach some target threshold return. I accept the fact that we maybe investing money at levels that don’t make sense, but we invest for thelong-term and to preserve capital, and as the cash flows in it must be spent.

Froman investment perspective, it’s important to recognize thedifferences in the global economic landscape between 2003 and today. At thetime of the SARS outbreak, China accounted for roughly 4% of global economicoutput, according to the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF). Today, IMF data places China’s share of global output at 16%,making it the world’s second-largest economy.

3. 18Th 5% Correction in This Bull Market.

For the 18th time since the stockmarket bottomed in 2009, the S&P 500 is more than 5% off its high. Thecurrent episode is due to fears over the Coronavirus.

4.Euro Currency Hits New Lows.

Euro Currency ETF

Dollar Vs. Euro HitsNew Highs….this chart showing comparison U.S. dollar vs. Euro

5.VIX-Volatility Index -No Breakout Yet.

Volatility Index

6.10 Year Short-Term Overbought Chart

I am not familiar withthis indicator

BCA Research–If you’re a believerthat it is the bond market driving the stock market and not vice versa,however, BCA Research has a worrying chart. Even as the yield on the 10-yearTreasury broke below its all-time low, its technical indicator is only justentering overbought territory.  That means yields could fall much furtheras this indicator “tends to plunge deeper into overbought territory” at “climactic”bottoms. Yields, as we always remind, move in the opposite direction to prices

Why one quantitative analyst says stocksmay have seen their ‘darkest day’-Steve Goldstein  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-one-quantitative-analyst-says-stocks-may-have-seen-their-darkest-day-2020-02-26?mod=home-page

7.Inflation Adjusted Yield on Investment Grade Bonds

Found at BramshillInvestments  https://bramshillinvestments.com/

8.Hottest Job Markets 2019

WSJ By Soo Oh

Austin, Nashville Rank at Top of Hottest U.S. Job Markets Appleis building $1 billion corporate campus in Texas capital; Amazon is investingin Tennessee city

9.U.S. Home Price Growth By Decade.

Charlie Bilello

10.How I Turned My Lessons Into Growth.

Thereare moments when I shock myself at how many screw ups I can make. I am not astranger to mistakes or lessons. I am writing this to help those who arewalking a similar path I did, so you do not walk within my foot prints. I amsharing my own growth so you understand that I am only human, just like you.

By 

  • Iam Katrina., ACRPS, RRA, R.T.(R),ARRT, ASRT, TRANSFORMATIONLIFE COACH at Roots to Recovery, Pllc Fl (Owner, CEO)

There are moments when I shock myself at howmany screw ups I can make. I am not a stranger to mistakes or lessons. I amwriting this to help those who are walking a similar path I did, so you do notwalk within my foot prints. I am sharing my own growth so you understand that Iam only human, just like you.

PLEASE KNOW, I do NOT havethe world figured out, at the age of 35, but I can however pass along how mystruggles have forced me to grow. This can be related to personal and businesspaths. If you have never failed, then I welcome you to return back to your Comfort Zone.

This chapter is not a pity party andI have NEVER been very good at accepting a pity party. Iam a woman who accepts her faults, and I believe that I grow on a daily basis.I am Katrina, being honest and this is simply an invitation to the brutaltruth.

We all make that wrong choiceand betray our inner being. We let down the people that mattermost to us and the people who could care less about us. This is okay…for themoment. However, this is NOT okay at the end of our story.

Most people believe that ourlessons and struggles define us. The truth is, they force us to grow.

Disappointment:

Even though we do not likeadmitting our failures, it’s the one thing we have in common with each other.Every time that I fail, I look into the mirror and accept what I have done,then decide how to grow from it. I have not always reacted this way. I would deny,lash out, or even blame others. It took me a long time to realize that I waswrong.

There are certain habits, as a human, thatwill hold you back. I know this because at one point they were holding me back.I want to share those with you.

1. I Failed at Failure.

The very first thing we alltend to do is FREAK OUT when we fail or something doesn’t go as planned. I cangladly admit that I have freaked out over and over, then got upset with myself.Looking back, this should be a natural reaction however, it is the wrongreaction.

My Lesson: I nowtalk, scream, workout, run, write, draw…do whatever it takes to release thosenegative emotions. Just don’t bottle them up and deny what went wrong.

Remember: (Lesson Learned) Don’tfail at failure. Don’t stay down longer than you should, hurt yourself, thosearound you, and don’t get on social media.2. IUsed to be Embarrassed:

We, as humans, often fallinto ourselves expecting to figure it all out. Afterlashing out and beating myself up, I would become embarrassed and hide insidemyself. Meanwhile never solving the problem or growing from it.

My Lesson: Iencourage you to share your feeling with a friend, etc. Don’t walk myfootprints and think you can figure it out alone.

Remember: (Lesson Learned) Internalizingany type of failure can make the problem feel bigger than it actually is.Speaking can put things in perspective that you couldn’t see on your own. Thisis a solution for a final result.

3. I Despised Asking for Help:

I ask you, why is asking forhelp so tough? I know that I spent most of my life refusing help! I felt as ifasking for help made me appear weak, incompetent, or even surrendering mycontrol. I made this mistake for so long that my simple fears and problemseventually held me back from growing.

My Lesson: Iencourage you to ask for help ANYTIME that you need it! If you are not a personwho normally asks for help, this WILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE for a while. That’sokay.

Remember: (Lesson Learned) Bestraightforward and honest. Don’t make the other person guess at what you areneeding help with. Inform the person how you have tried to help yourself.

After all of these lessons that I havelearned, the biggest lesson I have learned is to REMEMBER TO GIVE HELP.

Your mistakes don’t defineyou, they develop you.

I Am Katrina.

—Published on July 12, 2019