John Pseudonym

The Greatest Short Sale in History

If you want to bet that interest rates are going to rise, try this:

ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury ETF (AMEX: TBT)

It moves at 2x speed in the opposite direction of long bond prices. A 1% decrease in the price of bonds will be a 2% gain for you.

Welcome to Desolation Row

Bring back the good old Clinton years...yeah right!

Read this Chuck; and if you really want the truth do some investigating on your own and you will find it:

www.marketoracle.co.uk...

Welcome to Desolation Row

Bill Clinton also signed the repeal of the Glass Act which is at the root of of this.

Bush and the Republicans deserve most of the blame as they had the power to stop this long ago, but Clinton was the one that started this mess.

US Housing Inventories Reach Record Highs

I drive through neighborhoods and see townhomes going up like it's 2005.

Drive to the next neighborhood and the the townhomes that were built a year ago are still unsold...so they build more?

Builders are addicted to the "build it and they will buy" mentality.

'The Worst Is Over for Financials' - Really?

Jen 31,

I suggest staying away from financials until you see home prices at least hold steady for one solid quarter. That will indicate a possible bottom.

If you're a risk taker, buy at that point.

If you're a cautious investor, wait for home prices to increase in any way for a solid quarter. You will have missed the absolute bottom, by I never try to buy there anyway. I buy when the trend is obvious and stay in until the price spikes.

I Guess This Means AIG Stock Will Rise 10% Tomorrow

Earnings don't matter. Just buy stocks and hold them. Over the long term you will come out ahead...famous last words of the small investor