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Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong. Signals and Noise, July 3

Jul 04, 2026
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This week's Signals & Noise is live, and it is a different beast. We have rebuilt the newsletter from the ground up as a full magazine-style issue. Have a look, it is worth the click on its own.

The theme this week: market tops are a process, not a point. The contrarian looks foolish for six to twelve months before being right, and the declines that follow are littered with bear market rallies that fool buy-and-hold investors every time. It happened in 1929, 1973, 2000 and 2008.

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