> What does that mean to the average peon who doesn't have bitcoin, stocks, bonds, Treasuries, just living from paycheck to paycheck?
Not giving advice per se
Small brokerage account with Fidelity for example.
Inverse leveraged ETFs go up when the key markets go down. SQQQ, SDOW, SRTY, SPXU, SPXS.
UVXY is general volatility ETF which goes up when markets are in volatile modes.