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Will Expected Rally Be Part Bear or Bull?

The market is totally dysfunctional and the only rational approach is day-to-day assessment. Unless your time horizon is > 2 years and arguably 5, only trade day to day and stay is cash. That is what I am doing.

John Hussman: The Market Is Not in Uncharted Territory

The world in 1929 was completely different. Yoiu did not have huge emerging economies like China, India, Brasil. We're much more resilient.
I don't believe charts from the 1920's, 30's or even 70's are that useful.

Seeking the Fix That Will Finally Work

Yeah, it is painful to have another Bush "I feel your pain" speech.
Suggestion start shorting a couple of minutes before he hits the microphones.

Stock Market to Bernanke: Hints Aren't Good Enough

Well, you can tell a Princeton man but you can't tell him much.

We have ugly inflation, Boring Ben???? Wake up; in 19 days at current rate drop we are zeroed out.

Stock Market to Bernanke: Hints Aren't Good Enough

Bernanke's "speeches" are excruciating. He dances around issues instead of speaking plain and straight. He must have mentioned his concern about inflation three times!!! No wonder the market crashed.
And Bush is no help either,

What the Hedge Funds' Bad September Could Mean for Markets

Yes, Chris Cox finally got around to enforcing naked short selling, a practice which supposedly contributed to the Great Depression in the 30's. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Options Trader: Thursday Outlook

Phil-
Thanks, it amazes me people will spend that much money on a put.
Gene Muenster, Piper Jaffray, has been quite bullish on GOOGLE but believes it will trade sidewys thru August. The YHOO-MSFT collapse had no poistive impact on Google which surprised me.
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Options Trader: Thursday Outlook

I should add my review of GOOG options concludes price is pinned at 480 or 470. I'm new to options so other opinions welcome.

Options Trader: Thursday Outlook

I surveyed GOOG options and I see puts with premiums in the range $35-$55 at strike prices less then $500. The volume is not that high or low. Are these hedges against long positions in GOOG stock? I find it hard to believe GOOG won't break out past $500 by October.

What the Fed May Say Tomorrow

The Fed can not control the price of oil, lets get that out the way.
Its tight supply and geopolitical threats that threaten to cut off supply and the fact that the Saudi's have little spare capacity and the other suppliers have no spare capacity.

Lies, Damn Lies and the Unemployment Rate

Good article. I would add a lot of companies are now mostly hiring "term employees"; the big drug companies do this. These term employees are quasi employees, get some benefits, but are treated as disposable items. Actually most employees in usa are treated as no more then organic machinery. No wonder many people give up.