The Great Overreaction: Stock Photos, Panic Traders, and the Myth of the Market Meltdown

19/11/2025 4 min
The Great Overreaction: Stock Photos, Panic Traders, and the Myth of the Market Meltdown

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LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  Cue the dramatic newsroom stock photos—traders grimacing at screens, hands on heads, the whole meltdown montage. But in this breakdown, we cut through the theatrics and explain why markets sell off, why it’s normal, and why overleveraged “too clever by half” traders always learn the hard way. From Fed hawkishness to global debt jitters, the noise comes and goes, but the long-term fundamentals don’t. After 30 years in the business, the truth is simple: markets rise, markets fall, and disciplined investors win while wannabe day traders flame out.

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