Nothing works 100% of the time in investing, but the following phrases are pretty reliable indicators of who you can safely ignore:
“We’re in the _____ inning”
“We’re at a crossroads”
“Something has to give”
“1929”
“Too far, too fast”
“Eventually, the chickens will come home to roost”
“The canary in the coal mine is ____”
“Never in my lifetime”
“It’s priced in”
“In a normalized environment”
“Ex-cash”
“Sum of the parts”
“But what about Japan”
“Manipulation”
“The contrarian in me”
“Cross currents”
“Tangible book”
“If history is any guide”
“The real unemployment rate”
“The Fed is misunderstanding ___”
“Like I said last ___”
“Cash is king”
“Uncertainty”
“If you see a train coming down the tracks”
“That’s what makes a market”
“What people fail to realize”
“1987”
This is a very incomplete list, but it’ll get you 90% of the way there.
