S&P 500: 8 Stock Market Red Flags, 3 Ways To Potentially Profit From A Big Decline

Nov 9, 2025
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Summary

  • The S&P 500, primarily due to big QQQ/AI stocks, has come a long way. I don’t predict the future; I manage risk. And I see risk as very high.
  • That does not mean running to the sidelines. I play offense and defense at the same time.
  • This article starts by outlining many of the risks and concludes by identifying three of my “go-to” approaches to manage risk while still enjoying upside exposure.
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There’s that old expression, “Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.” Here, I’ll do my level best to live up to that. But to provide the 5 different types of “solutions” to the precarious position I see the stock market in here in early

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