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As the sun set on that Friday, the markets closed with deep scars. It was a stark reminder of how fragile the "new normal" really was. Elias poured himself a glass of wine, the red liquid matching the candles on his screen.
Elias reached for his mouse to sell, his finger hovering over the button. But then, he paused. He looked at the charts. This wasn't 2020. The world had vaccines now; it had systems. He watched the "Fear & Greed Index" peg itself into extreme terror. He didn't sell. Instead, he closed his laptop. Viernes Negro (2021)
"Everything is on sale," he mused, "if you have the stomach for it." As the sun set on that Friday, the
News of a heavily mutated COVID-19 variant emerging from South Africa had hit the wires overnight. For a world trying to crawl out of the shadow of 2020, it was the ultimate "ghost of Christmas past." Elias reached for his mouse to sell, his