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According to BNN Bloomberg, $1.4 trillion in value disappeared from the US equities markets last week. How much of that was yours? And, has anyone noticed that Trump isn’t taking credit for stock market performance anymore? It’s because the US always loses trade wars, that it inexplicably always starts. “It’s easy to win trade wars”, said Trump. Perhaps they’ll put that on his tombstone. Meanwhile individual investors like us are left holding cash, which analysts are now finally telling us is the best investment! A non-loss is better than a certain loss. There’s even an acronym for cash now… TINA, “There Is No Alternative”. Best of luck to any buy/hold investors out there!

Day by Day… There may have been one week of rebound, but we’re back on the downward trajectory again. Nearly a 5% decline over a single week with the S&P 500 and -2.5% for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

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There was no trading in the PTP last week, although we’re looking closely at inverse ETFs to profit from continuing weakness.

Cannabis Corner… It was another bad week for pot stocks in general, but one had respectable gains… Cronos, after a major investment from a big tobacco company, Altria.

PTA Perspective… Are You Ready for the Trump Bear Market?
We’re still trying to prep you for the worst possible scenario, since it’s difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Stay in cash or try one of the ways that we suggest for profiting in a declining marketplace.