Dorsey has had plenty of time to turn things around, yet there are no signs of Twitter making any progress in becoming profitable. Aside from the trouble in monetizing the site, it is disturbing to read more and more reports of people being censored for their political views. This is not a stock I would want to own.

I agree. I think it's like Gundlach said recently, that there's maybe 2% upside and at least 20% downside. I have been thinking about buying some SPY puts while volatility is so low. The risk to reward seems good at this 2040-2050 level.

Yeah, it is definitely a manipulated market. Something like 200+ times more paper assets than actual physical silver. Not sure when the day will come, but I imagine when the Ponzi scheme run its course, silver will go up in price more than people can imagine. I have been accumulating physical silver since last year.

It is stunning that traders are buying the dip on UWTI and USO, even when the outlook appears so pessimistic. Seems like rumors of cuts and freezes have scared most people from shorting or putting their money in DWTI. The oil market seems more rigged than the stock market at this point. I imagine the fair value of WTI something like $15-20, and not the $40-41 price of today.

The SUNE bulls have been diehards lately. I almost bought a few hundred shares as a speculative play when it was just under $2. Now I am glad I resisted that temptation. The collapse of this company has been stunning.

So many people have chased the mining stocks, scared of missing out and oblivious to the fact that a retracement would be inevitable. I'm a terrible market timer, but I plan to be patient over the next month and look for the most opportune time to begin building a position in the metals and mining stocks. My condolences to the people who loaded up on these stocks the last few days.

The permabears went to town last month when the S&P looked ready to tank. And then they went silent or made excuses when it rallied 200+points. The flexible mindset you mention is so important to have right now. I go from bearish to bullish from one day to the next, and it has saved me from blowing up my account. Devout bears and pulls are so prone to get attached to their ideas in times like these. Flexibility and a willingness to change one's mind in an instant can be helpful.

This should eventually offer a better entry for those who expect a new PM bull market in 2016-17.

I have always loved gold and silver and have bought a little of it over the last few years. That said, I try to avoid the permabull "gold bug" mentality. Those who are convinced that it's about to skyrocket should be cautious, especially those who trade and invest in the mining companies (ie GDX, GDXJ, etc.) It's too soon to tell what the year has in store for the metals. I wouldn't want to bet the farm on gold and silver either way.

If more people realized how far they have to climb back up after a financial crisis, I bet the number of people sitting on the sidelines right now would be much greater. After seven full years of a bull market, I'm more than happy to sit in mostly cash. I know how difficult it is to get back to even after a loss of 50%. This being the third longest bull market in history, my guess is that it is pretty exhausted now. Cash may prove to be as good as gold if the market starts to unravel this year.