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VRA Letter: “Turnaround Tuesday”. Tells to Watch; Bitcoin and Semis (NVDA). Tesla; Must Own Stock.

Good Tuesday morning. We start trading today with 9/12 VRA System screens bullish. The 3 negative screens are; market internals, equity valuations and market leadership. Unless our other 9 bullish screens begin to weaken dramati ...

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Good Tuesday morning. We start trading today with 9/12 VRA System screens bullish. The 3 negative screens are; market internals, equity valuations and market leadership. Unless our other 9 bullish screens begin to weaken dramatically (we see this as highly unlikely) this shakeout will prove to be just that; an overbought shakeout, led by liquidity issues...due to the shutdown and a Fed that remains far too tight. Because, without question...in the very short term...the US economy is weakening. Key here is that this is a short term issue. The more important point is that our Big 3 remain fully intact; the Trump Economic Miracle (with the 1BBB kicking in, even more so as we prepare to enter 2026), the Innovation Revolution (in the very early innings) and an absolute ocean of (medium-long term) liquidity.

Are we setup for a "Turnaround Tuesday”? Here’s the setup:

As I write, futures are lower (SPX -.60%, Nasdaq -.70%, SMH -1.3%). From the recent ATH’s, the market leading semis (SMH)...

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