Equities, Stock Market, U.S. Dollar, and Gold

[James Park]

There are times when the markets are irrational where 1 + 1 does not equal two. Markets can be irrational in the short term, but eventually comes back to rational levels in the long term. 

At the bottom of the stock market crash in March 2009 where the DOW reached levels below 7000, the Dollar index soared to 89. Today the DOW has reached above 18k and the Dollar index just broke above 90. Something in the air is just not right. When something does not feel right, and fundamentals are out the window, I stay far away.