A.S.D.

So Much for the Decoupling...

This is artificial. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at work on the short (for the lack of a better word) side, and pushing hard to collapse most of the world economy. There is no comparing 2000 to 2007/2008. Do you remember Nasdaq or tech stocks 1999-2000, or the market-manic general population? There was no mania and not many extreme valuations this time. Most people I know were very nervous the entire 2007 and kept 10-30 percent cash and large gold positions if going long. Any of us who lost this round have only ourselves to blame-learn your lesson and move on. This has been a fixed game for a while now and the only way to win is to get to know the heavy players who started this play in 2006. I do wish someone could organize a US based movement against shorting (not just in the cash market). I don't buy any of the arguments that it's beneficial to the markets. It's just another way to make a buck or a billion and it's usually destructive. I really hope the the US government gets interested in the "shorting game", instead of wasting time passing new mortgage laws two years too late.