Just 3 weeks ago, the pundits had you believe stocks were damned.

Today the crowd is stunned. We’re witnessing 7 consecutive days of green.

Extreme capitulation often triggers forced buying.

Headline tape bombs took us on an adventure in April. In no particular order, here’s what I vividly remember:

• Liberation Day sent equities plunging – the S&P 500 dropped 10.5% in 2 days
• Then we saw a face ripper rally of 9.5%
• The VIX closed over 50
• A deeper trade war with China commenced
• Then a dreaded Death Cross occurred in equities
• Then pundits told us our treasuries were doomed
• And now we get word from hyperscalers like Microsoft (MSFT) and META (META) that the world of AI is humming along just fine

(Luke owns both MSFT and META.)

As painful and unsettling as those trying moments were, rare opportunities came along. We certainly weren’t perfect in our analysis…however, we did shed light and debunk many of the bear-baited myths prophesied by the talking heads.

As I’ve seen countless times in my career, rarely does the crowd grow rich together. Going against the crowd has been the winning ticket.

And MAPsignals was able to shine a vibrant bright light on why rare capitulation tees up some of the best buying you’ll ever get as an investor.

Disclosure: This recap uses AI to better explore our post here: https://mapsignals.com/map-blog/forced-buying/

Remember none of this is personal advice of any kind. This is for entertainment and informational purposes only.