JohnCM Investment Corner

[12yearplan]

Nicely said hg,.. and/or like the oldy/goldy,

 "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument

Similarly,.. [and this is where our host, well versed in these things staying up late burning the midnight candlesticks with a good head on da shoulders  for us..lol https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00QqAh9NwW2hq3OF4UZqmTW0nIgQQ:1615024308828&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=technical+analysis+patterns&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZp-yxspvvAhWIVs0KHdzDDcoQjJkEegQIBRAB&biw=1280&bih=882 ;] and in psychology;

 One reason might lie in the way the perception centers of our brains are structured. The fact is, we seem to spend at least as much time and effort looking for patterns we recognize as we do scanning for the unexpected and new.

 Another, .. for example, when offered $50 now instead of $100 in a month, most people will choose the fifty bucks. 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/shut-and-listen/201806/humans-cant-plan-long-term-and-heres-why

And yes, you light on morals/values which I believe is getting more airtime as we do (usually necessitated by crisis) once in a while take a glimpse ahead like this recent macro economic lecture series nicely summed up by the kernal: "The price of everything is becoming the value of everything"
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=162056007

True Value?!?,.. is confusing/leave that for another day and sleep on it.. Cheers!,..