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Sell and Short Recommendations for a Bearish Market

Just as many here have a preference for a particular stock, I want to have a little more control. The solar ETF "TAN" has a few stocks that don't have high P/E ratios and have some that may make it in the future. I just want to short the dogs.

Sell and Short Recommendations for a Bearish Market

sharksm,

You got in when the market was in it's heyday. I have been in about 15 years and I can wholeheartedly say I have made much more money shorting than going long. It is quite easy. i have shorted almost eevery company even goog, and appl, although these will test your nerves, but it has made me a better trader. There is nothing buy and hold anymore as I have plently of intl, csco, ge and others long that have done nothing. As a matter fo fact every long position is down, but my shorts, I have a 67% correct ratio and am up 24% for 2007 and so far up another 30% this year. It is much easier to pick the dogs than to pick the winners. It may take a year for a stock to double but only one earnings miss for it to lose 20% in a day. JBHT will be the next one to fall on Monday evening after they release their earnings. So Why should I rack my brains to figure out who has been able to lie and hide when you can see that the JBHT with a rich P/E, rising costs and an ecomomic slowdown has to report a bad quarter or at least guide down. They missed last quarter but reaffirmed guidance, but they didn't take into account 145 oil. These guys will have to guide lower, unless they out and out lie. So why can't I make some money shorting? If the economy was booming and oil was falling, hell I would be the first one going long.