• Hey, why the wrong face?
  
  
• Is the "double whammy" Turnaround Tuesday set-up too easy?
  
  
• Or was that Easy?
  
  
• Do we need to trickle closer to crude $110 and S&P 1330-1350 before a defined risk action plan is triggered?
  
  
• Will you have a trading playbook in place when it arrives?
  
  
• For instance, wouldn’t Continental (CAL) puts into $20ish make sense?
  
  
• How about USO calls (into $88ish) or peripheral energy plays such as Transocean (RIG) and Weatherford (WFT)?
  
  
• Perhaps some downside exposure in the financials in front of the inevitable secondary offerings?
  
  
• Such as American Express (AXP) into resistance at $40?
  
  
• Or short-side retail therapy after the recent snazzy rally?
  
  
• Wouldn't it be beneficial to have some of the top traders in the world sharing their ideas and insight with you all trading day long? 14 Day FREE Trial to Buzz & Banter
  
  
• Given Mr. T has captured 12% in less than two weeks, will the husky fella get off the yellow metal so gold can enjoy a one-day wonder?
  
  
• Is playing the commodity Snapper smart if the dollar has put in a meaningful low (as I suspect it has)?
  
  
• Or is that what we do?
  
  
• Is painting the US as the best house in a bad neighborhood inconsistent with the notion of globalization?
  
  
• Has Wall Street entered The State of the Art?
  
  
• Can somebody say “lawsuit”?
  
  
• If the economy is the single biggest issue in the upcoming election, shouldn't both candidates be careful for what they wish?
  
  
• Fortress Investment Group (FIG) is paying one of their senior peeps $400,000,000 worth of stock, effectively diluting existing shareholders?
  
  
• Who would have thunk it?
  
  
• Do you see Baidu (BIDU) filling the gap that we discussed on Friday?
  
  
• Have you read Professor Sedacca’s three-part series on the tale of two markets and what it means for stocks?
  
  
• Can anyone else feel societal acrimony percolating at a quickened pace?
  
  
• WELL DO YOU?!?!
  
  
• How many more tricks does Hank have up his sleeve?
  
  
• Will the rest of us have a shirt by the time he retires?
  
  
• If humans have pet names, shouldn’t pets have human names?

R.P.