The stock market is going straight up. The longer the rally goes on, the more confident traders tend to become. In this environment, almost anything seems possible. The good times will keep rolling, and everything will turn out well in the end. However, the market can pull the rug out from under folks just when things are at peak sentiment. Just think back to 2022, when the bottom suddenly fell out of SPACs, EV companies, meme stocks, and other former outperformers. This is to say that while the party is st ...