The Strange Key to a Brighter Financial Future.
In an effort to keep you hip to the slang of the day, I give you the word “sigma.”
Back in the late 80s and 90s, you might have heard the term “Six Sigma.” It was all the rage in corporate America—some trendy quality-control tool aimed at process improvement or whatever.
Today’s sigma is entirely different—at least among American teens.
Sigma—almost always associated with males—defines a guy who is cool beyond reproach, conforming to no societal norms. A lone wolf, self-confident and unafraid to take risks and make independent decisions, even when those decisions run opposite of the crowd.
Someone who listens intently, doesn’t spout off nonsense, and only interjects when his interjections redefine the conversation.
In other words, a sigma male is basically the Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World type.
My task today is to convince you to be a sigma—male or female—at this very moment.
This is a defining moment in the asset markets and those who take the sigma approach to self-confident decision-making are going to stride into the future with a much bigger bag of moola.
As I noted in a dispatch earlier this week, financial markets lost their mind because two particular central banks have lost the plot: The Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan.
One (the BoJ) raised interest rates when it should have stayed put. The other (the Fed) kept rates higher when it clearly should be cutting.
Stocks and crypto were hit because global investors are furious that central bankers can be so oblivious to what is so obvious to the rest of us.
That brings us to our sigma moment…
Alphas and betas raced for the exits.
The alphas, the self-anointed leaders of the pack, are all over Twitter and Instagram with self-indulgent tweets and videos about how they’re selling this, that, and the other thing, and that they’re being so savvy in doing so and that you too should be following their lead because, well, they’re alphas and they define where the pack goes.
The betas… well, they’re following the alphas because that makes them think they’re part of the wolfpack.
But the sigmas?
Well, we’re watching all this unfold and we’re sitting on our hands and gauging our entry points… because we know the truth: Markets overreact—they rise too high and they fall too low—because the alphas are running scared, which freaks out the betas.
That’s the financial panic we saw this week—what I will call the Alpha-Beta Fear Trade.
And therein lies what we will call our Sigma Opportunity.
The alphas and betas react as though the sky is falling.
The Fed and BoJ have fumbled the ball, for sure. But the Fed still has vast powers and resources at hand to deal with the economy, future repercussions be damned. If the market keeps sliding, the Fed will rush in with emergency rate cuts. Through the Treasury Department and Congress, the Fed could very well decide to pump a bajillion dollars into the economy through some special program, if need be.
For its part, the BoJ could simply decide to roll back its recent rate hike or find some other mechanism to appease infuriated investors.
And suddenly we’re back to an “up only” market for stocks and crypto.
So, no… the financial sky is not falling.
Which is why I am saying now is the time to be sigma.
Crypto is on sale. If you’re old enough to remember Kmart and its Blue Light Specials, that’s where we are right now.
Bitcoin is way too cheap. Ethereum is way too cheap. Solana, Chainlink, a meme coin called Bonk… all way too cheap.
Now is the time to buy—as I explain in my upcoming FREE Crypto Profits Workshop… where you can also hear more about three specific coins I predict are ready to explode.
Do not follow the alphas…
Be a Sigma.
Think different. Act different. Go against the crowd. Use the Alpha-Beta Fear to your advantage.
You’ve heard the oft-repeated term, “Buy low, sell high.”
Well, right now is the “buy” moment.
That’s one reason I’ve urgently put together my Crypto Profits Workshop—so you can act right away.
Don’t let this moment go to waste.
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