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The Economic Week Ahead: Inflation, Growth, Confidence and Retail Numbers

Enjoying the ride down so far everyone! This has been GREAT!!!!


On Aug 17 05:15 PM User 244491 wrote:

> Short the Russell,Dow,Nasdaq,SP from Monday cover on Friday.
> I am preparing myself for ride on e-mini Dow till 11000 on Friday,maybe
> will close some of shorts done on Thursday previous week.

The Economic Week Ahead: Inflation, Growth, Confidence and Retail Numbers

You're spot on = SDS, DXD, SKF, SRS will yield a nice bounce.

The Great Consumer Crash of 2009

Really good comments and article by the author- consider for a minute how little if ANY at all gets into our high school or college/university level curriculum - i.e. How to interpret economic data 101. Our financial IQ is horrifyingly weak. I'd still like to know how he would position a portfolio in light of the data and conclusion. short term treasuries and cash, all things ex-US?

Some Fascinating Facts About Fed Injections

If you want to see a very funny and informative cartoon look at the whole subprime mess informationarbitrage.c... it's a ppt. And it is a nice metaphor for your island. Even though I'd like to see some bank presidents sent to jail.

Jeremy Grantham: Credit Crisis Will Last Until 2010

If you believe this, then why be in cash? surely there's a good short ETF or other vehicle that you can use to increase returns. Even if you were 90% cash at 4% interest. Take the 10% and go long short as appropriate - is that so wrong?