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The Perfect Trap

You will be surprised by what I have to say. After watching my good fortune laid to waste by bastards, I’ve come to the conclusion that this can only be purposeful. It’s important to remember the bigger picture here: The Fed is your friend. They aren’t interested in deflation because the stock market is the only thing worth saving in America, that and iBankCoin. Rates cannot go higher and shall not be permitted to go higher, as long as the government wants to service their $20 trillion debt load.

What lies in front of us is nothing more than a giant snare, a trap set by diabolical people, greedily positioning to buy your liquidation. Hell, by the way SPLK, FEYE, WDAY and YELP are trading, they want my liquidation too.

All of a sudden, a great many global hawks are telecasting their dire predictions for the market, reactionary folks who move with the wind. You will become scared and might sell because the pain is too severe. It’s not rational to accept pain and to know there is more on the way and still, willingly, sit there and accept it. That is what I’ve been doing, violating all of the basic principles of money management because I’ve been conditioned (pavlov) to not capitulate.

Maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps the government is filled with a bunch of bumblers who have zero control of this $17 trillion economy. But after the near collapse of 2008 and scare of 2011, it is my opinion, as well as the opinion of many others, that it is in the best interest for us to keep the status quo going. While the patient might have cancer and will eventually die, there’s no upside to killing it now, unless you had something to inherit.

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44 comments

  1. TJWP

    Have you seen the IPO for HIVE (Aerohive Networks Inc) – seems like it could be up your alley with your desire for cloud based businesses, this one has “mobile” to boot

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  2. byhiselo

    number 1…i came to bring the pain…https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3p-rFeVFVMc

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  3. fractal

    It was time. Long N into the close.

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  4. johnrotten

    It’s been tough not chopping off my own penis this week. Appreciate your words of inspiration

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  5. metalleg

    FED may need to bring more pain before launching QEx later this year. I get what you’re saying because if the market tanks, it has proven them to be a bunch of frauds so it is in their interest to keep the music playing. Kind of caught in between so how they play it is a guessing game.

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  6. kea

    “Rates cannot go higher and shall not be permitted to go higher, as long as the government wants to service their $20 trillion debt load.”

    Thank you. This should be stapled to every bond bears forehead.

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  7. xxxhuggiebearxxx
    xxxhuggiebearxxx

    It is a trap, but not of the sort you’re thinking!

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  8. jules

    Easter is on the horizon. Jesus is coming.

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  9. it is showtime

    Fed helped along the last 2 bubbles, ne’er forget

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  10. rahagar

    @jules that reminds me of the rural fence post sign. “Jesus saves… Moses invests”. Jesus prolly all in Treasuries right now and Moses taking a whooping in FEYE…lol.

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  11. dyer440

    You’re missing the point Senior Fly: rates going up is proof that the Fed HAS lost control. No more bullets in their 6-shooter my friend.

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    • The Fly

      Exactly.

      That my friend is hugely low probability bet. Think about it

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  12. ecchymosis

    “the stock market is the only thing worth saving in America, that and iBankCoin. ”
    Maybe the stock market’s demise will reveal the ultimate true greatness of this site

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  13. dyer440

    …what’s stranger still; they are talking rates up every time they get the chance.

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  14. ironbird

    RSX up in post market. Peace in the Ukraine?

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  15. xxxhuggiebearxxx
    xxxhuggiebearxxx

    Inflations is coming folks. Thats why they are talking up rates.

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  16. clarkevii

    TSLA goes up 2% when the NHTSA closes their investigation? That shows you what a turd this market is.

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    • snoozemr

      also went up afterhours on the deal with NY state. although Friday afterhours news apparently travelled slow. was able to make a couple K right after the market wire. although small consolation for a horrendous week.

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  17. superb

    What is going on with VIX?

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  18. matt_bear

    1855 was an important line to stay above today. I think yesterday was the bear trap. I agree 100% sir fly.

    While I’m a bear, I’m a day walker version like Wesley Snipes in Blade. (Unlike Wesley I pay my taxes though). I’ve charted a rising wedge for 3 months that said march was too early to top and drop.

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    • it is showtime

      Bear trap?? Congrats on being a bear, but a Ndaq +51 to red to +4 suggests a reversal of current distribution trend?

      The desperate final trading minute Dow pump masks the hood underneath?

      (They manipulated the early Feb drop again, of course, all it takes it one time they cant)

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  19. tradingnymph

    Actually, It’s the BoJ that concerns me more. Japan should be taken off life support and allowed to die, call it a mercy killing. ECB has much bigger deflation problems.

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  20. sgt hartman

    The network, cloud and social are dead for now. Long live food – SFM and WFM.

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  21. alf44

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    Kentucky vs. Louisville … tip-off momentarily !!!

    Should be entertaining !!!
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  22. matt_bear

    it is time-

    Yesterday was a false break down with a long tail and a close back inside. Today was just noise. No doubt the swings are getting bigger but the close above 1855 was enormous.

    Don’t get me wrong though, i think there’s a good chance we end 2014 lower than where we started.

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  23. gatorsun

    Obama and Putin have a bromance=we rally Monday…at least until 10am edt

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  24. Hideous fibs

    $BP to 51 by mid April (Would I lie to you), My 49 CALLS have no bearing sheer coincidence LONG Russian Casino!!

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  25. gatorsun

    IMMR Dead dog bounce alert…maybe time to play?

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  26. dchanko

    Was reading through Yellen’s testimony to congress from last Feb as my wife was out getting fake tan and a hairdo for those charity no makeup selfies, when it occurred to me , the female brain is like a web browser with 26 pages open simultaneously – now I need Bordeaux

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  27. alf44

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    ….. There’s A World …..

    There’s a world you’re living in
    No one else has your part …

    All God’s children in the wind …
    Take it in and blow hard.

    Look around it, have you found it …
    Walking down the avenue ?

    See what it brings …
    could be good things …
    In the air for you !

    ~ Neil Young ~
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    • ironbird

      Anything but straight laced boomer tunes. Try Waylon Jennings even. Fucking Kenny Rodgers. The only thing worse, would have been Pink Floyd.

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  28. Donny

    The more the Fed prints, the less impact it has. The world is printing trillions … Japan is presently doing almost 4x’s per capita in QE to the US. Yet there is no real inflation, other than the BS pump up job in assets and commodities.

    Who the hell are we kidding here? Japan has been at this shit for 20 plus years.

    People, get your heads out of your asses. Wall Street is not America. This game is just about over.

    Whats Next? DEFLATION!

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