Most people don't understand that the stock market is orchestrated to allow big money to make money up and down, over and over, on a short term to medium term basis. The narratives are all fake. In order for these ups and downs to work, eventually most stocks have to go up over the long term to allow for the shorter term cycles to remain available.

If a stock only went up or down, it couldn't be used to make money day after day, month after month. AMD was low 70s in May. It touched $100 after a dip in October.Now it's $138 after lots of carnage starting in December. Were you smart enough to buy in the 70s or even at $100?$AMD(AMD)$