Change

Empty your mind. Be formless,shapeless, like water. Now you putwater into a cup, it becomes thecup. You put water into a bottle itbecomes the bottle. You put it in ateapot it becomes the teapot.Now water can flow or it cancrash. Be water, my friend.1

Markets go up, down, and sideways. They trend. They flow. They surprise.

Have markets changed? Not only have markets changed, they will continue to change. Check your history books. If you have a valid market philosophy, learning to accept that change and flow with it is your greatest asset. No matter how ridiculous market moves appear at the beginning, and no matter how extended or irrational they seem at the end, following trends is the rational choice in a chaotic, changing world.2

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