Jimi Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 "Green Ant!" Courtesy of Cass, IDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwd Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 A picture is worth a lot of words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Wave Rider Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Right up into da target...started shorting campaign on Rutty 469... if we dont come right back down tomorrow, wont give it much rope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Huge respect for Prtzlogic whos posted this ar 4th of april http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ew4409.png http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4561/ew4409.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Sick n tired of being sick n tired of the insatia-bools and the incessant late day fundie buying. Never mind: 4% down, then 1.5% up Newly minted Monday-bears in squeezy territory Friday minted-bears are still comfortably ensconced by the fire puffin a cigar. (Up to Down Volume ratio was almost 7 to 1 today. Third highest so far this month, nothing too spectacular. Yesterday was down vol 25 to 1 in the bears favor.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Cleared the decks bigtime today,dumped 75% of muni's.I have been holding them since first week of january. Totally off margin and sitting on a wad of cash now. Don't know what I am gonna do with it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungster Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I'm really finding it difficult to hold a trade over 24 hours... Stop this whiplash Mr. Market! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwd Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Put it under your mattress and have a good night's sleep. I stopped in the local coin shop today. The dealer wanted $115 over spot for an American Eagle you could put in your pocket and walk out of the store with. He said prices have really collapsed on luxury items like old Rolexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbubble Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Approx playbook at the moment: 1. Choppy down for a week or two 2. Higher high late May / early June 3. Final high in July, with neggy Ds & dry rot 4. GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I'm really finding it difficult to hold a trade over 24 hours... Stop this whiplash Mr. Market! The market moves in 24 hours what it used to in a whole month 30 years ago.... Welcome to the internet age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwd Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 More lies in the UFB category. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Obama Administration lacks the courage to resolve C. Economic policy guru Larry Summers reportedly bought the "systemic risk" argument hook, line and sinker, but the fact remains that with relatively healthy banks like JPM pricing debt at +350 to the curve, the real issue facing financials is not simply capital adequacy as the stress tests suppose, but rather the broader issue of credibility as going concerns. Even were JPM or Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to actually redeem the preferred capital provided by the Treasury TARP program, none of these banks could survive today without government guarantees for their debt. One of the reasons that the Obama Administration provides for not taking action on C and other insolvent money center banks is that regulators lack the legal authority to act against a bank holding company (BHC) vs. the federally insured subsidiary banks. But this is not true. Federal regulators do have the power to compel management and board changes within BHCs. And they have two very powerful threats to use against officers and directors who do not take the "suggestion." IRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byhiselo Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Approx playbook at the moment: 1. Choppy down for a week or two 2. Higher high late May / early June 3. Final high in July, with neggy Ds & dry rot 4. GTFO thats the tune i'm following, just don't want too many more to start humming it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 The market moves in 24 hours what it used to in a whole month 30 years ago.... Welcome to the internet age Actually, 20 months ago. The advent of internet trading caused increased liquidity and a trend toward lower volatility that culminated in record low volatility in 2007. The market only became more volatile when the leverage blew up and market makers could no longer make deep markets as their liquidity collapsed. Web based trading has nothing to do with volatility. Markets are always more volatile when liquidity collapses. That's why bear markets have bigger moves in both directions than bull markets do. They are much much thinner as the herd is culled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwd Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 More lies in the UFB category. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Obama Administration lacks the courage to resolve C. Economic policy guru Larry Summers reportedly bought the "systemic risk" argument hook, line and sinker, but the fact remains that with relatively healthy banks like JPM pricing debt at +350 to the curve, the real issue facing financials is not simply capital adequacy as the stress tests suppose, but rather the broader issue of credibility as going concerns. Even were JPM or Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to actually redeem the preferred capital provided by the Treasury TARP program, none of these banks could survive today without government guarantees for their debt. One of the reasons that the Obama Administration provides for not taking action on C and other insolvent money center banks is that regulators lack the legal authority to act against a bank holding company (BHC) vs. the federally insured subsidiary banks. But this is not true. Federal regulators do have the power to compel management and board changes within BHCs. And they have two very powerful threats to use against officers and directors who do not take the "suggestion." IRA From the same article, check the last sentence. One of the evil side effects of the BHC structure that has been illustrated by the failures of WaMu and Lehman Brothers is the reality that the customers and counterparties of the bank subsidiary are actually senior to the debt holders of the parent BHC. This tension has caused a great deal of delay and confusion in moving forward with a solution to the solvency problems facing the large zombie banks. Foreign bond holders, like the government of China, have reportedly told the Obama Administration that further losses to debt holders of US banks will result in a boycott of US Treasury auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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