Wait A Minute? That's What Drives Markets?

I know what you're thinking... and it's because you were probably taught wrong. This M Factor is what really drives stock prices up and down and all around.

“There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.”
— William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (Act 4, Scene 3)

Dear Reader,

I know your most important question this afternoon is…

“Who’s going to win the Super Bowl?”

But the reality is that you’re likely to make a lot more money if you figure out the riddle below on what I call The M Factor...

Maybe you’ve got an MBA or a CFA.

Perhaps you’re in the CIA.

Maybe you’re MIA on Mondays when I send out our Republic Risk letter because you were too busy watching the NBA. Or perhaps you’re wondering if the NRA, the TSA, or even the DMV has a secret formula that might help you predict stock performance.

But no matter what acronyms you’ve collected along the way, I’ll bet you’re dead wrong about what drives stock prices and financial markets.

Yeah. I’m sure you have questions.

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