NOTE: I’ll dive into this increasingly dark equity market in a moment.
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We’re grateful for the surge in subscribership so far this year. And since so many are new to our community, I’m starting off this week’s issue, amid a budding market crisis for stocks and bonds, the simplest way I can think of. By catching everyone up on how we got here. The takeaway is this:
Risk management is being PROACTIVE, not REACTIVE
That’s what we try to do here, teach investors to prepare by playing defense alongside their offense. At all times. So when markets “surprise” the masses, you already have your portfolio’s affairs in place.
I do not know what path stocks and bonds will take going forward. No one does. But I know I’m prepared for a very wide range of possible outcomes. THAT is where I think the masses get left out. Because everyone’s trying to sell them the dream. Instead of teaching them to be their own portfolio manager. Foremost in that “job description”: learn to manage risk.
Take a look at some of the headlines for this Weekly ROAR publication, as recently as last week, and going back chronologically to October of 2025
2/24: 3 Steps To A Market Crash (We’re In Step 2)
2/17: S&P 500 Now At Risk Of Declining Faster
2/3: Why I Don’t Trust This Market One Damn Bit
1/6: S&P 500 At Decision Point.
11/25: We Have A Winner…Simplicity
11/18: It’s All One Market Now
11/4: Stock Market Says “Do You Hear Me Now?”
10/28: This Won’t End Well, But Enjoy It For Now!
10/14: Managing A Manipulated Market
Here’s how stock and bond prices have done since October 28, 2025:
This is a short period of time, and it is not at all about predicting the future. It is all about continuously, methodically, assessing that range of possible outcomes.
Now here’s the ROAR Score for SPY, going back about 6 months. The point is that the stock market has been dormant for a while. That might just be a “pause that refreshes.” But the signal to me is this: don’t fool yourself into thinking today’s market is like that of the past few years. It is those very simple, but critical assessments that add up to being informed and aware, as opposed to blindsided.
This week, I introduce a ROAR-filled analysis of ETFs, stocks and macro markets, thanks to the amazing set of research tools my friends and I created. Try it for yourself at ROAR.PiTrade.com, or just get my highlights from my analysis using that tool below. Either way, we’re glad you are part of this active, growing community of serious, intentional investors.