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    Sidj
    Jul 09 08:33 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    A couple weeks ago the Royal Bank of Scotland warned about a potential plunge in the markets, but that a rally could occur in early July first. Might this be it? Reply
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    Tom B
    Jul 09 08:29 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "In the face of Apple's (AAPL) successful 'Get A Mac' ad campaign, Microsoft is preparing its own campaign touting Windows Vista."

    I can hardly wait. They'lll probably get some dude who looks like John Hodgeman and squeeze him into a black T-shirt, to be more "hip".

    Or maybe they'll launch a viral campaign, featuring a secret "Warez" edition of Windows XP if you promise to buy a retail copy of Vista.     Reply
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    stonebat
    Jul 09 07:17 AM
    A Look at Long-Term Stock Valuations [view article]
    jjason, gawd u sound so... unintelligent. Reply
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    jotenn
    Jul 09 06:48 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    This rally was a good chance to add to shorts, which is what I did. Good luck in getting a sustained performance in this market, unless oil drops below 130 and keeps on dropping.... Reply
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    jjason
    Jul 09 06:32 AM
    A Look at Long-Term Stock Valuations [view article]
    Felix,

    As I read your article, I wonder "Exactly what should one do with the information you have given us". Buy stocks, or bonds or ETF's or keep all the cash in CD's????

    Since your article doesn't answer my question...Why write it?

    My criticism is that most folks ( especially the talking heads on CNN) write or say so many generalizations that one cannot make an intelligent investment decision with the information.

    Kinda makes one wonder if anyone knows what they are talking about?

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    vaduz
    Jul 09 05:09 AM
    My Website
    Market Backdrop: 1990 vs. Today [view article]
    given the actions by the fed - selling their good quality treasuries against cramp form the investment banks on a large scale (if i see this right) - there is a big difference on the situation. thus the markets will rather go lower (dow 10000) Reply
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    User 223607
    Jul 09 04:55 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    When you hear that kind of argumentation, you understand why the market is so inefficient.... Don t dream Gabe... Staglation fear is spreading... look at the different CPIs, PPIs in all the different economies. High oil prices doesn t come from speculation, you ve got structural issues now, supply issues more than demand issues. Accordingly, it will weigh on costs.... And the main problem is cost inflation that will accelerate inevitably. It means that central banks will raise rates now. China is not anymore a safe haven as well. Finally, if you look at the earnings growth estimates for this year (excluding financials), you still have 14% growth ! How could you believe it is sustainable?... So the street has to revise down.
    If you look at technicals, that s not good as well. All the rebounds are weak and driven by short covering, but mutual funds are not ready to buy this market in this context because there is no catalysts...     Reply
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    Scully
    Jul 09 02:24 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "Disney's (DIS) Pixar unit still uses AMD chips. " ...

    Incorrect, Pixar is an Intel house. They switched from Sun to Intel based render/servers in 2003. Google is your friend.

    Intel was the driving force behind Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and most recently Wall.E
    www.intel.com/pressroo...
    news.cnet.com/2100-100...     Reply
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    ForecastS.Co
    m
    Jul 09 01:33 AM
    My Website
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    Today (July 8, 2008)’s Last Two Hours’ Rally

    What a prudent trader looks for are extreme values before putting in his trades. But the market does not always oblige by steadily heading towards those extreme values, positive or negative.

    The readings in SPY and QQQQ were mildly positive as of yesterday, July 7, 2008. It would have been better if there were no rally during the last two hours today, if a stronger, more sustainable rally is to become more likely.

    As it is, we now have a premature rally, that began during the last two hours of today’s trading. This also means that the movement will likely be limited before a re-test of the recent low ensues.



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    pitaking
    Jul 09 01:16 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    Gabe, you are crazy. How would an implosion in Europe and emerging markets signal record rally? This market is still going lower, it's a good oppertunity to add to your SDS, DXD ect...Love the charts, this is the best thing on this site. Reply
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    Things Come
    Undone
    Jul 09 01:09 AM
    John Hussman: Is There a Possibility of $60 Oil? [view article]
    There is always the possibility of Hurricanes or another oil war affecting oil prices but barring that my only complaint is I wish you explained both the how and the why of your numbers better. Reply
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    gabe
    borenstein
    Jul 09 12:54 AM
    My Website
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls Storm In [view article]
    This is only the beginnig of the unprecedented rally.The recession that most of the experts are referring to ,statistically does not exist(two consecutive quarterly declines in the GDP).
    Market "Bears " will have to adjust their positions(short)to reflect the true state of economy(deceleration),... a wishfull thinking(recession).
    Short covering is only a partial argument for the stock market rally.
    The ultimate "engine" responsible for the record equity rally will be the Great Economic European and Emerging market implosion,driven by the high rates and the record leverage in these geographic/economic areas.The flight to quality(dollar) that will follow ,will overwhelm the "shorts" and the experts.     Reply
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    icandoitdon
    Jul 08 10:54 PM
    John Hussman: Is There a Possibility of $60 Oil? [view article]
    why stop at $170/bbl? why not $200? $300?

    i'll tell you why....

    because the world economy would cease to function. no economic activity = falling demand for oil = lower oil prices. that's how it works, peak oil or no peak oil.

    you're in no position to call anyone a jackass.

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    icandoitdon
    Jul 08 10:40 PM
    Is Bernanke Hinting Something About the Fed's Rate Plans? [view article]
    "wake up and smell the numbers. Dow breaks 20000 on January 19, 2010."

    let's see...that's 18 months from now. from today's close that's an increase of 75%. i'm no market historian and i'm too lazy to look it up but i doubt there is an 18 month period in market history during which the dow jones increased by 75%.

    other than faith, what do you base your forecast on? which sectors will lead this charge....

    is it the financials that can't issue new loans because they lack the capital base and have been/will be forced to dilute the hell out of current owners because their stocks are at 10 year lows?

    is it the energy and agricultural sectors that each show signs of topping out after multi-year historic runs?

    is it the retail sector that is over-stored and just beginning to take a hatchet to their capital spending plans to conserve cash?

    is it the industrial sector that is just starting to face the most significant economic slowdown since the dot com boom and who are being impacted as we speak by the inflationary surge in input costs?

    is it the tech sector that sells to all of the handicapped above, whose stocks are still a fraction of what they were 8 years ago?

    which sectors should we be long? i know that if there were an index linked to government bailouts of incompetent wall street banks i'd load up on it. it's the only sure thing i can think of in this market.

    regarding the 90% of loans that are still performing...they don't matter. that's right....they're irrelevant. the ignorant/greedy/deceit... (pick your favorite term) greasy-haired leaders of those finanial institutions that got us in this pickle got us there because they were overleveraged.

    quiz i bet you can pass:

    question: when $1 of capital is supporting $30 of loans, what default rate is necessary to wipe out 100% of capital assuming every loan is recoverable at 50%?

    answer: 6.66%

    it's the few loans that go bad that always get an institution into trouble and it has happened because every one of these firms is overleveraged. and that's the reason they are loathe to take write downs...they have a thin capital base and even they understand that it's their capital base that permits them to lend.

    second quiz:

    question: who is more stupid than an (state your favorite nationality here) investor who provides a capital infusion to a big, illiquid financial institution that proceeds to lose half it's value in the 6 months following the capital infusion?

    answer: a financial institution that pays a 10% dividend while selling stock at 10 year lows to raise more capital.

    i always suspected that your average leader of a financial institution is either stupid, greedy or a well dressed crook. now i am certain of it. after this mess i'm certain of it.
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    starkoski
    Jul 08 09:50 PM
    John Hussman: Is There a Possibility of $60 Oil? [view article]
    Oh - and that goes for you too fxtrader007. Reply

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