Answers I Really Wanna Know: Was That A Short-Term Low?
- Wasn’t the path of maximum frustration “straight down” on Monday?
- Did the 12.7% S&P melt from Friday’s high to yesterday’s low shake out the “We’ve got a bailout—everything is gonna be alright!” crowd?
- If emotion is the enemy when trading, what does it say that some of the more emotional types sounded the Armageddon Alarm yesterday?
- Not to mention every major paper in the free world?
- To be clear, we understand the difference between “picking a bottom” and “picking our spots” for a trade, right?
- As we did on March 17th and July 16th?
- The same people I asked to please pay attention entering September (they assured me the weren’t invested in the markets, they just had their 401(k)) pinged yesterday afternoon to alert me that we’ve entered a Depression?
- The point of recognition is arriving in waves?
- What’s capitulation?
- Does VXO 69.50 satisfy our nonsensical notion that we would tick at VXO 70 upon capitulation?
- During the past month, the Fed expanded its balance sheet by approximately 50% or $500 billion dollars?
- While
Europe is arguably in worse shape than the U.S., doesn’t the greenback have to devalue? - Isn’t that what the other side of Our Wishbone World look like?
- One where asset classes rally but the measuring stick declines at an accelerated pace?
- When will China revalue the Yuan?
- Is anyone really that surprised that Bank America (BAC) slashed its dividend and will offer $10 billion in a secondary?
- In addition to “lower crude is equity positive,” can we please—and finally—debunk that a higher dollar is good for stocks?
- What if the Pakistan Karachi wrote a viable script to the short selling ban?
- Don’t you know that when you mess with Mother Nature, she tends to get pissed?
- Societal Acrimony? What Societal Acrimony?
- Did Minyans “see” that I pared some of my “diaper effect” upside exposure into the 55 handle S&P rally (off the lows) and slipped one leg out of my bull costume (leaving one leg, or 25% upside confidence)?
- And you’re not reading the Buzz & Banter why?
- For if you did, you would have witnessed that I punted my GLD puts (for a small gain), parceled out of partial QLD and kept (most of) my energy exposure through Weatherford (WFT) and Transocean (RIG) rentals?
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Don't ask me how I know, I would have to kill you.
Regards to all.
Look at almost every real and true LOW, they always get retested, some multiple times. So we will either tear through yesterdays low, or bounce higher once it is tested.
...my two cents
Yep, for $7,500 I'm willing to take a 2005 or newer expedition fully loaded!!
I will then sell my 2000 for same price with $1,500 down and carry the paper at 10%
JPM
I am interested in your macro estimate of the deleveraging: derivatives of all sorts vs problem mortgages of all sorts.
Thanks
Since nothing can be valued, we have to turn our attention to facts. We must have an immediate ban on housing evictions, which I have been advocating since my book appeared two years ago (The Eminent Domain Revolt).
There will be a declaration of economic emergency in a couple of weeks, then you may--MAY--see a move toward a ban on housing evictions.
