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This Is a Tough Market for Contrarian Messiahs
The optimistic consensus has become overpowering.
He's not the messiah, he's just another reflationary stock optimist.
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Everyone wants to be a contrarian. But that’s logically impossible. Just watch the great scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian when Brian, mistaken for the Messiah, tries to convince his followers to think for themselves. “You’re all completely different!” he cries. “Yes, we’re all completely different!” the crowd shouts as one. Then one voice says: “I’m not.”