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VRA Letter: PSYOP of Negativity; This Pullback is a Gift. VRA System Buy Signals. Own Bitcoin (IBIT) and TAO. The Latest From Rich Ross (Still Bullish).

Good Monday morning. This weekend I forced myself to watch each of the Sunday morning news programs (Face The Nation, Meet the Press, etc). It was nonstop negativity…the sky is falling…Iran is winning…plus how could Trump an ...

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Good Monday morning. This weekend I forced myself to watch each of the Sunday morning news programs (Face The Nation, Meet the Press, etc). It was nonstop negativity…the sky is falling…Iran is winning…plus how could Trump and the military (plus Israels) have no clue that Iran would block the Strait of Hormuz?

If you know my beliefs about the long-running PSYOP of Negativity, you know that none of this surprised me. In fact, it made me even more bullish on the markets. In the past, when the MSM reaches this level of TDS it’s meant a near term bottom is close. 

Our view from the outset of the war with Iran has been that we trusted Trump and the military to get the job done. We’ve also believed that oil prices would soon peak and begin their move back into the $70’s, then lower still once Iran has been dealt with. This morning oil (WTIC) is trading at $94.75 with December futures still in the $75 range. This level of extreme backwardation points to lower oil prices, no...

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