What Is the Deal With This Market? Here Are Our Thoughts

This brutal Bear Market continues. Summer has moved to Fall. That's a theme right there. Seemingly everything fell this week. Stocks declined. Bonds declined. Gold, Oil, Crypto and most foreign currencies did too. The Dollar is all that has stayed elevated. And it has increased to a level not seen in decades. The runaway Dollar keeps denting asset prices. There have been some wild moves in currencies. A rising Dollar and rising rates put a squeeze on risk assets like stocks. The rising Dollar is also an indication that, as tough as things are in America, it's in much better shape than anywhere else in the world. Let's start with that.