A Long December

And it’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can’t remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

–Counting Crows, “A Long December”

Hold on to these moments as they pass.

I love that line from the Counting Crows classic, “A Long December,” because when you reflect on it, all we really have is each moment. Then, that moment is gone, and it becomes the past. And then the future just becomes the next moment in waiting.

As in so much in life, and particularly in financial markets, holding on to moments is like holding on to water without a container. Things just flow through and take the form of whatever the next logical stopping point might be. And after a while, that stopping point changes again.

Such is the flow of water, and the flow of capital.

Now, as we embark on the final month of what has been a very good year for stocks, this December is one where you want to be “long” the equity and crypto markets. In fact, historically, December is a positive month for stocks.

If we go back by the metric of historical frequency, December is the best month for equities around the world. According to data gathered by Schroders, a British asset management firm, from 1987 to 2018, the following indices, FTSE 100, MSCI World, S&P 500 and Eurostoxx 50, had a 79% “frequency of growth” rate, meaning they were all basically up 24.5 out of 31 years.

So, it definitely pays to be “long December.”

This year, being long this market is essential, not just toward year-end, but also as the economy and markets prep for President Donald Trump 2.0.

The recent appointment of Wall Street veteran and hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be the next Treasury Secretary is a very smart choice by President-elect Trump. Bessent knows how to make money, knows how Wall Street works, knows how the economy works and he’s pro-cryptocurrency, which means he’s pro-reason and pro-future.

Oh, and on the crypto front, just a few hours before this writing, Trump announced his pick for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins.

Atkins is a veteran of the markets and the SEC. He’s the CEO of Patomak Global Partners and he was formerly the SEC commissioner under President George W. Bush. He’s also known as someone who is, shall we say, less-aggressive on regulation than other SEC chairs, especially the current chairman Gary Gensler.

Gensler recently announced he would resign effective January 20, 2025, which is not uncoincidentally the day President-elect Trump is inaugurated as President Trump.

Here, I think the president elect said it best when it comes to Atkins:

“He believes in the promise of robust, innovative capital markets that are responsive to the needs of investors, and that provide capital to make our economy the best in the world. He also recognizes that digital assets and other innovations are crucial to making America greater than ever before,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

I must say that I agree with this (sans the unnecessary capitalizations!).

With Atkins and Bessent in place, and with President Trump advocating for cryptocurrencies, it’s essential for you to be long these assets this December.

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Be Water, My Friend

“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

–Bruce Lee

The martial arts master was full of wisdom, and perhaps none so profound as his advice here to “be water.” If you want to learn in life, and if you want to give your trading and investing the edge it requires, then you have to learn how to take the shape of the opportunities presented. So, be water, my friend.

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In the name of the best within us,

Jim Woods