To be short of a firm skeptic the past 13 years have been the smart thing to be. But bull markets and bear markets have retrenchments that are very different. In bear markets rallies are aborted and things fail. Price returns to its original position and often goes lower. In bull markets, retrenchments or retracements are short and shallow, and price then meanders higher.
I think we are probably now in a bull market. Bought 10K more shares today. time will tell. Your posts Red are excellent.