Call my cynical but I've banked some profits
I dont mind holding FTSE right now as I think commodities does ok on average and we have an index with that bias, though I'd hope NVDA adds back ARM Im not hopeful we get more diversity.
FCX and AAL have been doing very well I noticed, I wish I'd been more confident of that.
Its not wrong to take profits, I said 2019 that it was a good idea to sell profits and reduce debt like mortgage or whatever improves security and certainty personally. The base line is incredibly easy money, if you want a weather vane then look at Dollar index which is DXY. If it keeps on losing value almost in a trend decline so then a sell off in any opposing value is quite unlikely.
Its impossible to tell people if they are correct to sell, depends where else you could put the capital but cash itself is a leaky bucket I dont want to hold too long.
Governments themselves cannot afford a 'normal'
5% rate on their debt so thats unlikely to happen without volatility peaking; the entire federal tax revenue is owed towards debt at a certain level or tipping point and I think that question is a driving point for dollar, security and all valuations. The big news recently was not riots but the final piece for Biden which is a majority in his favour in all houses, I would be fairly surprised if Dollar can recover with even larger fiscal deficits. The dollar standard will end like sterling ended its majority usage which makes us part of events for a generational change in the world.
I'd guess that helps
Sterling break its downtrend in play since the brexit vote so 1.4 should be possible at least. BTC broke its downtrend in the autumn and thats been dramatic, unlike most commodities its supply cannot be increased in a natural way so it spikes violently every time it seems.
Have calls on those who can provide capital return on the cash standards of 120 years ago maybe ie. gold.
To do similar with dollar and hold bonds is not reasonable especially, its priced too highly (inverse to price is the interest rate and rates are too low etc.).
Gold should prove a more efficient counter to volatility then dollar imo and that is still unpopular opinion and reflected in valuations. If it is true that we have excessive volatility, inflation and endless easy money and this is a destructive element even while appearing to help stock gains and ease debt it is reasonable to hold gold or have a call on future gold production ie. miners. I'd guess the market comes around to that asset same as all the other alternatives that operate on their future revenue and efficiency be it BTC, TSLA, emerging market growth or various tech.
Yields have risen some this year, maybe it can approach 2019 low with the switch in administration, changes in trade tariffs perhaps IDK