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Bernanke and Paulson: Butting Heads?

Well then Hanky Panky, you let the banks fail and then you recapitalize them. You don't throw money at them to shore up your own investment without diluting it. How's your $700 million stake in GS looking right now Mr. Secretary of the Treasury? Of course, I'm sure you'd sacrifice that $700 million to save the people $700 billion right? How about a portion of it? Ok, how about none of it? It's settled then.

How Oversold Are We?

The question isn't how over sold. It's how over owned. I calculate that apart from company buy backs and bankruptcies so far, approximately 280 billion shares on the Dow are outstanding and are under water. There's a lot of folks wearing pain that will be looking to liquidate for anything close to break even. People that shouldn't have been holding stocks are and it was perceived as a safe investment. Perceptions are being shattered. Of course the financial advisors are encouraging folks to hold on.

Nasdaq Perks Up via Bottom Fishing

Sucker rallies are always encouraging by definition. A rally that is met with skepticism will denote a change in trend.

What are McDonald's and Wal-Mart Telling Us?

Those charts are telling me that the Jan $40 puts I bought on WMT about a month ago are money in the bank.

Crazy P/E Ratios

jcrash, I'm saying if you think that p/e's look cheap - then they likely look cheap for a reason and that could only mean one thing. When they look expensive, that's when the market will be starting to rally again.

Psyching Up To Buy At Maximum Pessimism Levels

Nicely done Smarty_pants.

If you have no idea where the bottom is, you shouldn't be buying and the author is clueless in that respect. In fact all those saying buy buy buy are only feeding the fire. It's only when guys like this are saying you shouldn't own stocks is where we'll find the real bottom.

Dow Jones in Perspective

The chart needs the volume on there to gain perspective. That demonstrates the amount and size of the pain being felt yet people hold on based on clueless advice. Thanks to 401k accounts etc this time the pain will be more severe than at any other point in history.

If you didn't see the top coming and you're a financial advisor - you shouldn't be. The excuse that you can't time the market is issued by fools to keep their jobs.

Crazy P/E Ratios

Just fyi, P/E's are always lowest at the top of the market and highest at the bottom. If you think about it, you should understand why that would be so.

Goldman Turns Cautious on Solar Sector

How can they be bearish on solar stocks when crude is going to $250 by the end of the year? That's what they said isn't it.

I think we'll see a lot more games from these guys in the future. They've got to make book and it won't happen with ibanking.

Bond Expert: Tuesday Wrap

What a shocker? People don't believe what is coming out of a banker's mouth? I'm trying real harder to remember the last one that wasn't issuing baldfaced lies but verily I can't.

When Hedgies Attack: Morgan Stanley Drops 40% on Rumors

How can this guy call himself a trader? He's got no clue. Apparently he's only ever seen a bull market and has no idea what happens in a bear market. Next he'll be saying that people should be forced to buy and hold shares whether they want to or not. Oh sorry, that's already happening...

Ongoing Market Sell-Off: It's Not The Short Sellers

Amateur hour has officially arrived. Grab your $1 bills boys and girls.

Is Agriculture Dead?

The problem is that no one wants to admit the the ag play is over and done with. Too many people remain skeptical just like it was on the way up. No lasting reversal can come from this type of sentiment.

Thinking About the Next Six Months

Those who are stuck in a loser stock they're trying to pump and dump aside, I will disabuse nothing about this article as its all too probable.

So the Perpetrators Are Now Our Saviors?

It is antithetical in the extreme to leave the same individuals, who got us to where we are today, in charge. However, the reason they got to be where they are in the first place is the same reason they will stay where they are until something extraordinary happens. It has been the same throughout history and takes a popular, sometimes chaotic movement to usurp those in established positions.