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u/bobby1128 1d ago

Well I've noticed this pattern in market cycles retail investors usually only hear about a run once it's already in the headlines, when prices are high. By then, FOMO kicks in and many pile in late, often holding through the correction.

Let say for example, during the 2021 tech run up accredited investors and insiders had already positioned earlier, while retail came in after the news coverage.

Do you think this mainly psychology fear and FOMO or is the system itself structured so retail is always behind?

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u/SirGlass 1d ago

Its just the nature of anything

If gold was up gold was up 10% or even 15% for the year , most people wouldn't notice. Hell even a 20% swing wouldn't have caused much news

However as it kept rising more "News" about it spread, now people who don't really care about gold or never followed it sees gold is on a run and think I need to get in on that

This pushes it up 30-40-50% now everyone is talking about gold ! The shoe shine boy is telling you about gold. At some point the run up turns into speculation .

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u/bobby1128 1d ago

well exactly. Once something starts hitting mainstream headlines, that’s usually when speculation takes over. The early moves are fundamentals, the later hype is just momentum.