A lot of market dislocations this week, and Omicron US cases number >5 already. AAII sentiment collapse shows lots of bad news baked in

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STRATEGY: Financial markets panicked this week, on the double whammy of Omicron + Powell taper

The first two USA Omicron cases have been "mild" --> yet, 20 nations have closed borders...does it matter now?
Policymakers panicked a week ago, in response to the identification of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. And this resulted in swift action taken by > 20 nations, quickly closing their borders to incoming travelers from Africa. That was a week ago.

- in the past 7 days, Omicron cases have appeared in nearly all > 20 nations that locked down their borders
- in the past 7 days, US has already identified 2 Omicron cases
- it is early days, but so far, nearly all Omicron cases identified are described as "mild"

In other words, Omicron is truly an anagram (hint, moronic). We will discuss the catastrophic impact on financial markets later in this note, but as we know, financial markets often:

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