Bitcoin Sudden Selloff Reveals Three Timeless Rules Many Investors Forget

Bitcoin just recorded its steepest selloff in three years.

Even some of crypto’s most outspoken champions are struggling to explain what triggered the selloff.

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I’m amused by Bitcoin’s meteoric rise and plunge. Aren’t you?

In 2018, bitcoin fell 80% off a cliff.

The latest roller coaster?

A 45% plunge in four months, from October 2025 to February 6, 2026.

There was no single trigger.

Just a familiar selloff. Crowded trades. Leverage. Price over understanding.

Manias change. Maniac behavior does not.

As Stevie Nicks sang, “The sea changes color, but the sea does not change.”

It seems that the less investors understand about a mania’s object, the more obsessed they are to own it at any price.

Not a wise plan.

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Download the best option for most money decisions

In most cases, the best money decision during a panic is right in front of you.

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Do I sell stocks? Do I sell the house?

These questions share one thing: perception.

Perception that more satisfaction comes with a change to…

  • avoid loss
  • find greener pasture

Instead, most financial damage during a panic comes from making one unnecessary move.

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The Best Money Advice in Savage Market Declines

Savage market declines are expected.

The difference between great and poor investors is how they deal with fear.

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Where’s the balm for savage market declines?

Every major news outlet is flashing Coronavirus.

Panic is everywhere.

But, as Warren Buffet said . . .

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Will the Coronavirus Crash the Market?

Pundits all over the media think the coronavirus could crash the market.

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On Friday, January 17th, after a spectacular 40% run-up that started the day after Christmas 2018, the Standard & Poor’s 500-Stock Index closed at 3,329.62.

Five weeks and one day later, Monday, February 24, the Index closed a little over three percent lower at 3,225.52.

I am always amused by the media’s use of the word “lost.”

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Will the Coronavirus Crash the Market?

Discover Surprising Wealth in These Shortcuts to Fortune

The greatest lesson I ever learned about wealth was shared by Kurt Vonnegut at a hedge fund manager’s house party.

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The secret to wealth is not what you see in this Hampton’s house party

He was gazing at the lavish digs with his pal Joseph Heller, the author of one of the top 20 novels of all time, Catch-22.

Vonnegut mused over the fact that their host had made more money in a single day than Heller made in a lifetime of royalties from Catch-22.

Heller responded and said . . .

“Yes, but I have something he will never have: Enough.”  JH

Here are three shortcuts for a sure path to wealth.

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Discover Surprising Wealth in These Shortcuts to Fortune