06/12 Week, page-323

To balance out the 'it's ok' posts relating to Omicron. I guess a lot can happen within 2 days...

Study: OMICRON "40-fold" less vaccine effective - MacroBusiness


Omicron: The Sum Of All Fears (forbes.com)



Everything will be good in about 4 months time when they release a vaccine that works 'effectively' against Omicron. Don't panic.. all is good..

Omicron cases rise by 30% as weekly Covid infections 'highest since January' (thesun.co.uk)



Concern Mounts As PCR COVID Tests May Not Be Able To Detect New Omicron Variant Version (ibtimes.com)


As I mentioned before, one strain of Omicron was it's ability to evade detection of PCR tests. Increased lockdowns to come along with additional border restrictions, but I think the market already got the gist of that in the last few hours

Hopefully everyone was trading on the increased risk of uncertainty which causes markets to fall.


I'll go with Bull Trap

and... will the US increase interest rates early / stop their easing at the next meeting. If yes, then massive drop in markets shortly. As I mentioned also, employers don't like paying higher wages; to stop this interest rate increases will come through earlier than expected.