• As 75 bips was “priced in” to the Fed Fund Futures, the SINGLE biggest question out there is: will it work?
  
  
• Can we all agree that those scissors are simply one of many policy tools?
  
  
• If YOU were the Treasury Secretary and had a “Buy it Now!” button, wouldn’t you incessantly press it today to protect your BFF on the Beltway?

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• We live in interesting times, eh?
  
  
• Is that bullet in their back pocket?
  
  
• Through the lens of denial, migration and panic, are we finally entering the final trimester on a trading basis?
  
  
• Particularly with bellwethers such as Citigroup (C), Merrill (MER), Fannie Mae (FNM) and General Motors (GM) down upwards of 50% from recent highs?
  
  
• But isn’t the stock market a different conversation than the economy given Big Ben’s chipper chime last week that he didn’t foresee a recession?
  
  
• What if it isn’t a recession—what if it’s something entirely more depressing than that?
  
  
• Even so, wouldn’t that take time and price to creep into the collective consciousness?
  
  
• Are the Giants a better team without Jeremy Shockey in the line-up?
  
  
• While it promises to be a long, hard road, doesn’t every journey have uphill climbs?
  
  
• Will you remember to “conserve energy” once we’ve raced up that road?
  
  
• While Bank of America’s (BAC) subprime hit is being fingered as a downside catalyst, isn’t psychology just as likely a culprit?
  
  
• I mean, haven’t we been saying that we would see some nosty spillage when faith in the Fed falters?
  
  
• Do you see the technical importance of S&P 1240 and NDX 1700?
  
  
• Anytime you privatize gains and socialize losses, don’t you open the door to moral hazard?
  
  
• Aren’t all this stimulus packages segues rather than solutions?
  
  
• Anyone wanna bet a buck that Goldman (GS) has a write-down in its upcoming report?
  
  
• Is there anyone out there who isn’t gonna buy the first dip?
  
  
• After the second, deeper, gut-check dip, will you be watching the DNA of the rally in terms of volume, leadership, levels and tenor?
  
  
• After the inevitable Snapper (which may begin from lower levels), will you remember that “selling dips” trumps “buying dips” as a stylistic approach?
  
  
• Are we gonna see a lot more Nationalization as a function of need?
  
  
• Was I early on my 2007 themes?
  
  
• Will I be equally early on my 2008 vibage?
  
  
• JP Morgan (JPM) has a bigger market capitalization than Citigroup?
  
  
• That’s gotta make Jamie Dimon happy, eh?
  
  
• Is it me or are there a LOT more homeless people mulling around?
  
  
• Have you seen this particularly funny episode of Hoofy & Boo?
  
  
• Will you remember that gold is an attractive asset class when it’s trading around $700?
  
  
• Isn’t debt more pervasive than dot.com and real estate?
  
  
• Jeezums, why are people so dead set against a recession?
  
  
• Isn’t it part of the natural business cycle?
  
  
• Will those ratchet protection provisions come back to haunt the big banks?
  
  
• Corporatocracy what?
  
  
• Can China hold it together into the Olympics?
  
  
• What the heck happened to the January effect?
  
  
• Do you have your laundry list out with risk appetites and time horizon defined?
  
  
• Will you remember that emotions are best left for weddings and funerals?

R.P.


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