Ignore the market's drop at your peril. Friday's recovery was not enough to recuperate losses from the drop for the week. Fundamentally, the market's weakness is due to inflation, trade restrictions and slowing activity ahead. High valuations in the face of rising interest rates do not help, either. $SPY, SPDR S&P 500 / H1 user cparmerlee writes: The bond movement is effect, not cause. It is the confluence of all the horrendous decisions Trump has made: * pushing for a hyper-inflationary tax cut* starting trade wars willy-nilly plus other factors that are beyond Trump's control: * continuation of disastrous cheap money FED policy that produces zero investment and only serves to artificially pump up markets* cyclical oil price increases* 2nd longest period ever without economic recession Chickens all decided to come home to roost at the same time. Frankly I welcome it. It is way overdue. The market is 25% over-valued and anybody who has not been preparing for this deserves to take a beating.Action:Beware of $FB $AMZN $NFLX $GOOG.Facebook looks inexpensive but in tougher times, ad spend will fall.Buy Value. Join this group.The Value Stocks group should outperform markets more often as relative stock prices matter. Demand stocks at a discount. That does not include $GE: $GE, General Electric Company / H1 O&G should prosper as energy prices hold strong: $XOM, Exxon Mobil Corporation / H1 Gold is up. Don't know what to make of it. Avoid the sector or buy gold AND crypto? $GOLD, Barrick Gold Corporation / H1