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America is a PIPE Investment

There is a lot of doom and gloom, for a very good reason. America is one being fucking PIPE investment. We are a God damned warrant attached to the debt of the banks. With over $7 trillion in collective debt at the banks, the government is in a lose-lose situation. The bond holders need to be wiped clean.

Fuck Bill Gross and his asshole friends. It’s time for those guys to eat pavement.

We have GE breaking through $10, commercial Re names getting buried and, at the same time, assholes getting long oil/ag.

Listen to me, there are WAREHOUSES full of potash. The producers of potash are purposely manipulating the price upward. Watch, within a year, either the price of potash crashes or they are charged with collusion. Stock like MOS, POT and AGU should trade lower

Aside from America, Europe is fucked too. My favorite way to rape Europe is long DRR.

Basically, you have no right buying stocks here. If you are scared to short, stay on the sideline and get your popcorn ready.

Remember, the market is down here, well below the 200 day moving average, because the economy of the United States is on the precipice of outright collapse.

UPDATE: I bought 2,000 EEV @ $58.55.

Liesman vs Santelli:

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138 comments

  1. simran

    too much doom and gloom. are we blinded by negativity or there is really nothing positive to see?

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  2. DEVILDOG

    Anybody see the “dark pool wizard” trade at 3:12 pm on SRS at $66.25 to set the low of the day?

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  3. Nancy Pelosi's $30 Million Swamp Mouse
    Nancy Pelosi's $30 Million Swamp Mouse

    Anybody think Maria B’s goofy haircut makes her look like me?

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  4. Dude

    D.D. I saw that. What the fuck was That?

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  5. JF

    Another week like this and there will be nothing left to short.

    SRS is a caveman in a spaceship.

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  6. Lady Guenevere

    DD…I saw that too I have never seen a tail like that. Can you or someone explain what happened or why they set the low like that?

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  7. CAP

    C and BAC are being nationalized this weekend judging by the action.

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  8. JF

    Hi Lady G,

    I like you.

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  9. Lady Guenevere

    JF….you are new I think? I like you too

    🙂

    welcome to the pits of hell

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  10. mrkcbill

    Lady G is the nicest person on this blog.

    __________________________

    Probably the richest too! Just a guess

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  11. JF

    Lady G,

    No, not new, I’ve talked with you before.

    I don’t say too much on this blog.

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  12. Bernie Madoff

    Meredith Whitney moves markets with her airhead voice.
    I was waiting for one “like, oh…my…God.”
    Amazing.

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  13. Hey JF,

    This is not an online dating site. Move this somewhere else

    Ban Lady G please

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  14. @TheArtist, very logical, but not entirely practical for all.

    For my part, I was just finishing college in ‘95. I had neither the means nor the need for a house at that point. Fast forward to 4-5 years ago, I had my first child on the way and finally the means to buy a family-sized home in a decent school district. Would’ve loved to have waited 5 more years hoping for prices to fall, but my family had to live somewhere.

    For my part, I’m fine. My ARM just reset down from 4.125% to 3.25%, I have a home I can enjoy for 30 more years, and the FAZ/SRS I bought a couple weeks ago is shooting through the roof. I’m a happy camper.

    But all is not well here in the neighborhood. This is the SF Bay Area, where homes north of $1M are hardly mansions. In the $1M to 1.5M range, these are ordinary family-sized tract homes. My neighbors are 2-income families of professionals (engineers, low-level managers, etc.)

    The only homes I’ve seen sell in the past YEAR are REO or short sales where the prices have been dropped hundreds of thousands below what these families paid. The typical buyer would require a jumbo mortgage (currently at about 7% interest) and a 25% down payment. That’s a big change from a few years ago, and not something that most people are going to even attempt when they’re worried about their jobs.

    Despite what Larry Kudlow thinks, California is getting worse right now. These REO/short sales are meaningless, because they’re not normal market transactions. Real families are not in the real estate market now, and won’t be for some time. This residential real estate market has much further to fall before any sort of equilibrium sets in, and the Obama plan will do nothing to help this problem.

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  15. Lady Guenevere

    mrkcbill….thank you for saying that. I do believe you are one of the nicest people on this blog….

    I hope you will join the PPT group…and discuss your ideas in that forum.

    You too JF – Yes I know I have talked with you before I just mean you dont chat very often -glad you are here

    The PPT forum is suppose to be high quality discussion.

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  16. JF

    I like Meredith Whitney, she is a very intelligent, beautiful woman. The kind I like.

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  17. Anton Cigur

    For once I wish Fly didn’t have such a good track record of being right.

    _______________

    On a humorous note, Maria B’s haircut is worse than mine.

    Wait, I think it is mine.

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  18. Bernie Madoff

    Don’t get me wrong, she’s fucking gorgeous. But she has airhead voice.

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  19. JF

    Hey,
    Anonymous Says:

    You don’t have the balls to use your real name, so fuck off.

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  20. Lady Guenevere

    JF Its nice to see a man who likes brains with beauty! That is rare.

    Most guys just want ‘ body parts’

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  21. JF

    Hey Bernie,
    I’m deaf.

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  22. wb

    I’m the one who posted as Anonymous. I normally post as ‘wb’ but forgot to type it into the box. That’s about as “real” a name as “JF”, no?!

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  23. punyandy

    Lady G
    “JF Its nice to see a man who likes brains with beauty! That is rare. Most guys just want ‘ body parts’ ”

    That’s what ugly chicks say.

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  24. Lady Guenevere

    wb….what? you are always posting as anonymous

    BTW…”anonymous” people are not allowed into the PPT

    🙂

    punyandy….I wouldnt know as I am not ugly. Take it from a pretty girl…guys dont want you to be smart or carry on an intelligent conversation. That’s why I like brainiac men…..

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  25. JF

    wb,

    Using lower case letters for your initials says a lot about you.

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  26. Donny

    America is Doomed.

    I honestly thought that the black bastard, and his tax cheating, FAGOT, Treasury Security, would handle this problem OUTSIDE of their fucking comfort zone, but I was wrong. These stupid fucking morons are worse (and DUMBER) than Bush & Paulson. In fact, that motherfucking president of ours, fooled 60 million people (not me). That motherfucker has no plan … he never did.

    Get prepared fuckers … guns, ammo, cash, gold, canned foods, water, and keep your gas tanks full. America is going to hell, and marshal law is inevitable.

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  27. Dicey

    @LG: believe it or not, this area is supposed to be high quality discussion too…

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  28. Donnny's desire to refer to himself in third person
    Donnny's desire to refer to himself in third person

    In other words, Donny got his ass handed to him in FAS

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  29. The Fly

    TAX REVOLT!!!

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  30. CAP

    DONNY – nice to see you back. It MARTIAL law BTW.

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  31. I guess I’ll just have to create a username…

    JF, Trying to pick up women on websites says a lot about you….
    Keep that talk out of here and grow a pair

    Here’s your Lady G AKA Lady Genny – http://www.ladyginsurance.org/

    **Still 100% cash. This market is shiat*

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  32. Lady Guenevere

    Dicey….yes well besides high quality discussion on stocks the PPT forum posters will be civil and will not viciously attack its members. It won’t be Fly’s gentleman’s club but it wont be the pits of hell ( Fly blog) either.

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  33. Braveflaps

    Your prez in Canada today:

    No parades or worshipping throngs allowed because, apparently, there are a lot of wackos up here, too.

    In fact, about 15 of them are on trial for plotting to storm Parliament and behead our PM…

    I am still holding SRS from 70. Dumping a third when we hit 740…

    Banking coin, but not happy about where we are going.

    First time in my life I’ve not been happy making money.

    I guess it could be worse…

    Peace be upon us.

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  34. The Fly

    I like that Lady G

    “Fly’s Gentleman’s Club”

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  35. Lady Guenevere

    Dont think so anonymous:

    http://picasaweb.google.com/Stockman500/BloggerPictures?authkey=I_QJ47DgcAM#

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  36. Marshall Matt Dillon

    I’m the only law around here – Marshall Law.

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  37. Gio

    Welcome to the G-Club. Bank some Gs with the gents.

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  38. the Bull

    uh boy, here we go..

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  39. The Zombie

    Good to see you back, Donny.

    Mr KC Bill is King.

    The Fly is God.

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  40. go2mars

    Obama is in Canada for two overt reasons (and likely many others that I’m not aware of). But I am of these:

    1) To discuss a Canada/US GHG Cap and trade scheme. (Which will fuck Canada because our production is rising while USA’s is relatively not doing that)

    2) To learn more about the oilsands so he can do a better sales job to the USA to buy more of it. These efforts will be tied together.

    Over the next few years, Kearl will come on, boosting Exxon’s oil production immensely (did you see the 1+ billion barrel reserve add to Kearl alone?

    COP has more oil sands leases than anyone. They have 10 billion barrels of it. Waiting to do it with SAGD. But that is a much longer term prospect than Kearl. That’s why Buffet likes COP. That and the fact that COP is North America’s biggest refiner. And yes I know that Buffet went from 84 million shares down to 80 million. COP has a big debt, and they are poorly run. But by the upper management will all have retired by the time the oil sands play a significant role in world oil supply.

    Just to learn ya a few things.

    End of transmission from Mars.

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  41. DannyBoy

    Fly: Sign me up for your tax revolt. Better yet fuck this months mortgage payment, I’m applying for a bail-out.

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  42. DEVILDOG

    BEAR trap has been set. Prepare for government fuckery tomorrow and back we go to S&P 870. SHORT gold via DZZ. I’m UP today!

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  43. Lady Guenevere

    Well Fly I like the PPT /forum as Fly’s Gentleman’s Club too! You guys can all sit around in your smoking jackets sipping scotch and smoking cigars while discussing world events and the stock market.

    Of course in your Gentleman’s Club ladies are allowed and we will sit around in our nice dresses and stiletto heels sipping champagne.

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  44. Bernie Madoff

    Holy Crap! Lady G is kinda cute.

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  45. JakeGint

    Imminent name change… Bernakistan.

    _____

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  46. CAP

    Lady G – If you want to post your pics, you can do so on eharmony.com match.com or chemistry.com. ibankcoin is strictly for talking stocks and making fun of mrkcbill and the blue nike sports bra he wears to the gym.

    DEVILDOG – thats not really you. Thats a fake DD. No way the S&P sees 870 short term. Maybe in March but not anytime soon. Selling SRS yesterday was a dumb move.

    Off to drink rich mans whiskey and smoke a cuban.

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  47. go2mars

    Obamistan.

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  48. AI

    how do you explain some of the major players getting in POT like Paulson and my boy Jim Simon????? What do they see that you dont???

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  49. The Zombie

    Devil Puppy: I totally agree that major govt fuckery is in the works for the am. Always on OPEX.

    Jake Gint: HA! I like that.

    Bernie Madoff: She has nice feet.

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  50. The Fly

    AI:

    They may be out for all you know.

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  51. Donny

    CAP-

    You sound pleased that Donny has been getting raped by FAS. Yes it was stupid, and I am now paying the price. I should have never become convinced on one side, and stopped trading.

    The bad news for you CAP … you’re fucked too … you just don’t understand it yet. Every American is about to feel major pain. The suicide rate will go up 5+ times, the bankruptcy rate will do the same, and the unemployment rate will double. Even if none of these things impact you directly, they will impact your friends & family.

    Oh BTW, for the first time in my life … oh, never mind. Good Luck Cocksucker!

    8)

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  52. Braveflaps

    Mars, it was also, in a big way, about Afghanistan.

    US troops going up by 17,000 and O wants to ensure that Canada and other nation’s soldiers stick around and extend their stays.

    For that shit will get ugly.

    A friend just did a weekend simulation re: civil assistance in Afghanistan. Apparently the Taliban are now into repeatedly raping their male hostages.

    That’s because of Abu Ghraib.

    The defence? The advice is that pissing and shitting yourself might buy you some time.

    Jesus….

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  53. Lady Guenevere

    CAP—-people link to their photos all the time in their names, people post photos all the time and

    Anonymous posted a photo saying it was me when IT WAS NOT- I set the record straight.

    SHUT UP and go pick on someone else.

    I know who you are…you are NOT one of the nice guys on this blog. You are one of those guys who only see women as body parts.

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  54. ZenProfit

    John Denver should have invested in flying lessons. Just saying.

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  55. JakeGint

    I’d like to thank Douchious Dawg for keeping me in SRS yesterday by claiming it would drop to 54 or some other stupid shit.

    Keeping his title as “Best Contra-Indicatah” on the iBC for an amazing 15th straight year.

    _________

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  56. JakeGint

    LG — is that you with John Denver there? Or does that guy just look a lot like John Denver?

    (Never realized he was that tall, for example..)

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  57. Lady Guenevere

    Yes that is John. I lived in Aspen for a number of years.

    That photo was during his divorce from his second wife, just a couple years later he died.

    I was very sad – he was a great soul.

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  58. JakeGint

    A friend just did a weekend simulation re: civil assistance in Afghanistan. Apparently the Taliban are now into repeatedly raping their male hostages.

    That’s because of Abu Ghraib.

    Right, like those towel head douchebags need an excuse to get brutal. All that shooting women in the head in soccer stadium shit no doubt a response to particularly infidelic broadcasts of Sesame Street or something…

    Time to “Get Medieval on they* ass!”

    ____________

    *Mistah Rapis’

    _________

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  59. TraderCaddy

    Cap-
    Be careful about where you smoke that Cuban.
    You could set a warehouse of potash up in flames.

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  60. Lady Guenevere

    Zen John was an excellent pilot. That was not the problem. He was flying a friend’s experimental plane which broke down while he was out over water off the coast of California.

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  61. Phil_from_Brazil

    Lady G, not too shabby on the pics.
    Now we need pictorial revelations from boca. 😉

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  62. Darren

    Lady G, you look fab in my books.

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  63. TraderCaddy

    The FBI found Stanford in Fredricksburg, VA.
    I guess he was at the drive thru at Wendys off I-95 looking for the Civil War battlefield.

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  64. what a joke

    mr. stanford is told:

    the flamboyant, *mustachioed* financier

    MUAHAHHAHAHA … time to get a punch, uh

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  65. Commissar BM

    MBI, the one day wonder.

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  66. Darius

    Your all old….Just wanted you all to know.

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  67. The Zombie

    Phil: Boca is real hot. So is Trading Goddess.

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  68. Anton Cigur

    I worry about Bernie Madoff coming to harm.

    I say we turn him over to be held in protective custody by the Taliban.

    Those Enron guys, too.

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  69. political-fuckery

    lady G

    I also served time in aspen, knew John and still miss him.

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  70. omfgitsjd

    Hmmmm, the S&P just hit 777.7…. Here we go.

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  71. Danny

    Ummm, everyone knows that TG is really an obese puerto rican man with gravy stains on his lapel living in San Francisco. Common knowledge.

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  72. Hey Anton,,,did you know Ken Lay was living comfortably in Paraguay…normally this would be shocking,but these days I guess all you can do is shrug.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5FuyGxAAk

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  73. TheArtist

    well….time to crack into this Glenlivet……

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  74. Braveflaps

    Jake,

    I hear ya, but sexual humiliation of males was apparently not in their playbook before AG.

    Late night cuddling?

    Maybe.

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  75. CAP

    DONNY – I’m sorry. I’m not happy for your loss. Lets bury the hatchet.

    Lady G – I’ve seen you post your pictures multiple times before. I was under the assumption you were looking for a sugar daddy. Hence I made those suggestions. I didn’t mean any offense.

    OK Now back to the market. I need help here. I’m trying to execute a Costanza trade. I want to get long FAS in size.
    I want some ideas how and when I should execute this trade. Part of me thinks we’ll get a massive bounce in financials because they are trading like nationalization is imminent. The other part of me is scared to pull the trigger because I see FAS going to $2. I think XLF needs a bounce back to the $9 level to fill the gap from last Friday. A bounce to $9 from current level of $7.55 is around a 20% gain which should result in FAS going up 60% which would take it to $8. The risk is XLF could drop another 25% taking FAS down to $1.25. I don’t want to hold FAS overnight either. What would be the optimum time to get long FAS ? Do I buy the dip, do I buy a reverse ? Its all very confusing to me.

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  76. Greekpunk

    Everyone,you gotta know that something, in the not too distant future, is going to be organized by Geithner and his global equivalents that is going to make Bretton Woods look like a PTA meeting.

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  77. Lady Guenevere

    CAP your full of crap.

    Anon…posted a pic and told people it was me, I merely posted my pic to show that other one was not me.

    You are a mean and vile person. I posted one pic one time to figure out how to use the ‘ script system that Jake helped me with” and one other time I linked a photo to my name for a post so I could see how that worked.

    Since then I have had no photos attached to my name. Many people post pics of one thing or another to their names on here or they post a link to their blogs with their pics and all kinds of stuff. That is no big deal.

    I make more money that most all you guys…and there is no way on earth I would be interested in the low life that frequents this blog. I date only gentlemen of high quality…something you would know nothing about and I am quite happy at the moment.

    Also boca refuses to post any pictures of herself anywhere here or on Twitter. Let’s see you guys do some pics

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  78. Danny

    CAP, if youre serious, wait for a PPT squeeze.

    http://www.gamingthemarket.com/2009/02/anticipating-ppt-days.html

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  79. Lady Guenevere

    Danny interesting article on trading the PPT

    Do you think this day worked out like you said? The continuation of your downward trend and will not be broken with any rally?

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  80. j

    I find out I’m on Gio’s Frontline vid , then lady G puts up her pic. Is this a bear market trend or what?

    All we need now is for the fly to put up his pic and Shed to show a before and after of his weigh loss program.

    ———

    Here’s a question.

    Are the big banks down mainly because there’s no certainty out of Washington or are they really down because they’re busted.

    This is what i really don’t get. The two most vulnerable banks BAC and C have a load of bad assets that are ring fenced by the fed. C has 300 billion and BAC has 115 billion. In my mind these banks may be the walking wounded, however they are what seem to me the most protected of the species at the present time. So why the panic? The only reason i see is the threat of nationalization.

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  81. John Galt

    Soon, when all the corrupt fund managers are jailed, leaving none; the commodities,health care, banks, and auto industry have been nationalized and in shambles; the government, in total disarray, will call upon me to take charge and solve the crisis. At this point I will abolish the tax code, fire government employees, and do away with the Dept. of Ed, HHS, HUD, EPA, Energy, and others, and reinstate pure capitalism as the guiding light of our now defunct economy. You will thank me, but in the meantime, go get me a sandwich; a roast beef on rye with Russian dressing and Swiss, with a pickle.

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  82. The Zombie

    Danny, thanks for that article. Neat stuff.

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  83. ottnott

    “When al-Zeidi threw his shoes at Bush, he shouted in Arabic: “This is your farewell kiss, you dog!”

    Heh. Well thrown and well spoken.

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  84. Juice

    Sturdy 30 for 2009

    every year The Shadow puts out the Sturdy 30 predictions to stimulate thoughtfulness and amusement in the world of hedge funds. Last January the Shadow called for the 10-year note to plunge below 3% and the collapse of the stock market. I also predicted most economists will finally concede we are in a recession, including Mr. Kudlow. I predicted an Obama:McCain presidential race, Obama’s near landslide victory, Bear Stearns being acquired, and the peak in hedge fund assets hitting $3 trillion. The Shadow was less accurate predicting the beginning of stagflation, believing EMs would perform well on a relative basis, there would be less volatile oil prices and the Indians would win the World Series

    Here are this year’s predictions.

    1. The Dow Jones will finish 2009 above 10,000 after dropping to 7200.
    2. The 10-year note will drop below 2% and finish close to 5%.
    3. GDP growth will be -5% for the year, despite a slightly positive Q4.
    4. Inflation will become a real issue by Q4; not just monetarist propaganda.
    5. Oil will drop to $29 a barrel and finish the year at $80 a barrel.
    6. Ken Lewis will resign by June 1.
    7. The markets will embrace the Geithner program as the details are revealed. He will be vindicated.
    8. There will be a violent 700-point up move on the Dow before Easter.
    9. Obama will make two Supreme Court appointments this year. They will be more conservative than many Democrats had hoped for.
    10. NYC will near bankruptcy and need a bailout despite Bloomberg’s good work.
    11. Risk management and strategy allocation will no longer be just buzzwords .
    12. Hedge funds will have a positive year; the average HFN aggregate index will be about +10% by late summer.
    13. Low volatility funds will be first on investors’ A-list when investing begins again.
    14. The House will try to retrieve Merrill bonuses, partially succeeding.
    15. Japan will be the best performing equity market.
    16. The emerging markets will be first out of the recession.
    17. Mandarin will pass Spanish as the fastest growing second language in the U.S.
    18. Louisville will win the NCAA basketball tournament. Duke will not make the Sweet 16.
    19. The Mets will win the pennant.
    20. The Jets will have a losing season.
    21. DIP funds will become the new strategy du jour.
    22. Gazprom will make a major Western acquisition (in Europe).
    23. China, despite its slowdown, will be the second best performer.
    24. The U.K.’s real estate collapse and deep recession will put its sovereign rating on the watch list.
    25. Hedge fund assets will end the year above $2 trillion.
    26. Bernie Madoff’s attempt at a plea bargain will not be successful.
    27. The Obama administration will make education its focus after the stimulus program slowly takes effect.
    28. Long-short equity will be a mediocre performer; healthcare, though, will shine.
    29. The number of funds-of-funds will be halved.
    30. The Shadow’s reader base will increase exponentially.

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  85. Danny

    “Do you think this day worked out like you said? The continuation of your downward trend and will not be broken with any rally?”

    I never said there will be no rallies. That is incorrect. There will be rallies I imagine. What I am saying is we were in a period of consolidation ALL last quarter and NOW we have changed into a downtrend. It is a different market characteristic.

    A trend will have minor movements against the main one (down) but it should NOT be whipsaw like we saw. It should be a channel, like the one on my charts but probably wider, that does lower.

    Tomorrow should be higher, but the market I imagine wants to move lower with the fewest shorts on board, since most prudent people would have taken some off the table at this point.

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  86. JakeGint

    That’s our Ottnot… Obama and the Tax Cheat trying to mushroom cloud the economy in less time than Noah’s Flood took out Mesopotamia, but he still makes time for some frontal lobe- assuaging, front page news-obscuring Bush Derangement Syndrome material.

    Now that’s dedication to the cause!

    Bravo, comrade!

    ____

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  87. Proshares

    Will BUCY get a nice squeeze in the morning?

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  88. The Fly

    PPT launches on Monday. Shhh, don’t tell anyone.

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  89. Lady Guenevere

    Danny I guess I didnt make my point clear enough. I meant near term rally. As you had mentioned this was the start of a trend downward this week…tomorrow is Friday and I was just wondering if you thought the momentum was going to keep pushing down till we hit some kind of resistance or did you think today’s drop was sufficient for maybe a 2-3 day rally. Today started out in an upward mode-people said we were oversold, due for a relief…..but quickly began to break down. So I guess the pattern for Friday is more of the same….DOWN. Its hard to get any upward momentum once a down leg starts I guess..

    Thanks for the reply.
    .

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  90. wb

    @JF — So sorry for injecting an on-topic response to Fly’s previous post while you and Lady G were debating what color to paint your nails. Carry on.

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  91. manatrader

    Bush cheated everything, he said out loud ‘rich people don’t pay taxes’. He broke any and all laws as he liked. Obama is taking the path available via a corrupt senate. To say ‘nationalize the banks’ before the Dow halves again wouldn’t fly, people would be screaming “secret socialist”. To say outright ‘let it fall’ would lead to impeachment by his own party, people would be saying “secret muslim wants to destroy us”. He wanted to do a jobs bill fast, and could only get it with an extra serving of pork from the senate. Bush could’ve done one a loong time again, but was busy doing what? Oh yeah..

    This.

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  92. the Bul

    HOLY SHIT! THE PPT IS HERE THE PPT IS HERE BAAAABYYY!!!

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  93. Lady Guenevere

    wb AKA Anonymous

    JF can come over to my house and paint my nails any time he wants. We will sit on the floor on big cashmere throws, with bottles of champagne-watching great movies, eating chocolates and telling funny stories about all the IBC gang.

    🙂

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  94. Woodshedder

    LG, would cold beer make an acceptable libation at such a soiree?

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  95. Lady Guenevere

    Wood OH YEAH come on over….just bring Westvleteren ale from Belgium which is brewed by Trappist monks inside their Abbey and some English Brie de Meaux cheese.

    We will each get to show our favorite movie and have a big slumber party!

    .

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  96. JakeGint

    Bruce,

    30. The Shadow’s reader base will increase exponentially.

    He gets my best wishes for #18 alone. Where does he blog?

    ________

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  97. DEVILDOG

    We RALLY starting tomorrow through the end of the month. GOLD drops through the end of the month.

    I’m a nice DEVILDOG trying to help.

    You’re welcome in advance.

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  98. JakeGint

    Mana — you’re new here, so let me tell you, we have a version of the Hippocratic Oath… the “Drosphilic Oath”

    It starts out “First, make some fucking sense…”

    _________

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  99. wb

    LG, thanks for that visual! Now THAT’S funny.

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  100. Shorting Louisville at 20to1 is a bargain

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  101. ottnott

    That’s our Ottnot… Obama and the Tax Cheat trying to mushroom cloud the economy in less time than Noah’s Flood took out Mesopotamia

    Heh. That would be the “the fundamentals of our economy were sound until Jan 21” version of reality.

    Just to keep your image of me consistent, I’ll note that a colleague just gave me a North Korea flag pin. You’ll enjoy that info more if I don’t explain why he came to have and share such pins.

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  102. The Docter Bob Froehlich

    “NO WAY do we make new lows! NO WAY !!”

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  103. CAP

    Thanks DANNY. Thats some good info. I’ll need to have plenty of Monster and keep my eyes peeled. Today it appeared PPT made an appearance at 3:40pm but was unsuccessful. Perhaps PPTs goal today was to prevent a chaotic close and they intend to deliver the full dose tomorrow. Should be interesting.

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  104. Damon

    I agree with The Fly on Potash…..

    …but be careful of MOS, clearly they want to push it higher (the big boys have nothing else left to buy)

    Collusion, on the other hand? That isn’t going to keep the price of MOS or POT down on ANY kind of rally….you don’t mess with privately-held Cargill (who has a majority stake in MOS)

    maybe we will hear about it way down the road.

    Likely they will just pave it over with massive political contributions to the Obama Mamma camp and the DNC.

    Welcome to our Brave New World (Order)!

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  105. Juice

    no idea Jake … a hedgie trader friend forwarded that to me

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  106. ManuelStop

    @LG : Damn girl; behave…

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  107. mrkcbill

    Jake…..I knew you would like those predictions. The Cards can heat up like a Microwave–just ask Providence.

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  108. manatrader

    Mr Gint, I fail to grok ‘drosphilic’. I admit you are thereby un-pwned.

    D’oh!

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  109. Woodshedder

    Senor Jakey, never forget the O.

    Especially when uttering oaths to drosophilia.

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  110. lol

    Manatrader … you will need to overlook Jake’s typo
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila

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  111. Lady G,

    I’m guessing JF is going to pick any movie starring Meg Ryan

    Just a hunch

    Happy painting!

    Ban Lady G please

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  112. ZenProfit

    Drosophila ?!?!?!?!?!?

    CSI: iBC

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  113. Kiwin

    We get a trial run of PPT or some shit? Have it open free for a week?

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  114. JakeGint

    Just to keep your image of me consistent, I’ll note that a colleague just gave me a North Korea flag pin. You’ll enjoy that info more if I don’t explain why he came to have and share such pins.

    Makes no matter how he came by them (whether he be veteran, diplomat, or sympathizer), it matters only that he found the guy who’d wear one with more pride than irony.

    😉

    _______

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  115. MOOBER

    I’m holding 2k FAS. BAH!

    If I ever buy FAS again, I ask to be banned from this site as punishment.

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  116. The Fly

    No free trials. That is for losers.

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  117. Loser

    Sweet, I get a free trial!

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  118. punyandy

    will the PPT include a subscribers only message board where i can ignore people like Lady G and Devildog? Both bring nothing to the table, yet try to make a name for themselves here on the donk board by filling us up with nonsense.

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  119. CAP

    Bank of America shares fell another 14% Thursday, closing at $3.93 amid recurrent fears the bank could be nationalized.

    Mr. Lewis addressed the nationalization speculation during a senior leadership meeting Thursday at the bank’s headquarters, according to a person there. Policy officials in Washington have assured Mr. Lewis that such an option isn’t on the table, the CEO said. He also said he has urged the government to say this publicly.

    If the last part is true, could it mean rally time ?

    I heard Bernanke rejected bank nationalization in a speech to National Press Club yesterday.

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  120. MOOBER

    Cap – like I said, I love FAS and will continue to buy it in preparation for a rally. Thank you.

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  121. manatrader

    It’s a bad habit, my blowing off steam here. Will take the rest to moonofalabama

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  122. MARKET RAPER

    I am here. Hide your stocks inside your homes. I will rape them, accordingly.

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  123. MOOBER

    http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=4245

    Ad Agencies : Clients not paying bills

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  124. ^^^^^

    Market Raper = Fly

    Sorry, pal the writing style gives you away.

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  125. mrkcbill

    Moobs

    Tip of the freaking iceberg.

    Were living in a Wal-Mart world…kitchen table economics, you know the kind where you pay your bill @ receipt or 30 days is gone.
    Now I have 3rd and 4th tier Mom and Pops give me the ol’e
    “In These Tough Economic Times” sob story. Swear to God I’ve heard that shit twice in the last week.

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  126. Mark Cuban

    CAP, that was a great smoke. Have you been working on your technique?

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  127. STOCK CHASTITY BELT

    I will prevent you from raping my stocks.

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  128. Buckeye Bob

    Moobs:

    Just start a rumor re: elimination of mark to market, instant pop in the fins.

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  129. MOOBER

    Funny you should mention that, Buckeye.

    Charlie Basbagarino said they are eliminating mark to market and banning short selling of financials tomorrow, on opex day.

    Just my luck!

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  130. Breaking News

    …Larry Kudlow chokes to death on a mustard seed…details to follow

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  131. Thunderpup

    Fed equity ratio at 2%….unless they revalue gold

    http://mises.org/story/3281

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  132. Slingblade

    Jake = Robert “a commie behind every tree” Novac Jr.

    J, Re C, BAC – Uncle Sam may go broke or should I say most will come to understand that he is really broke.

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  133. JakeGint

    Some people call it a Kaiser blade.

    With a “K”

    As in “NovaK.”

    You chose an appropriate name for yourself this time, at least.

    ___________

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  134. Thunderpup

    This one goes out to Karen Tso

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwzr7KzICE

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  135. Slingblade

    Jake,

    You do have a sense of humor.:-) I’ll give you that.

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  136. manatrader

    There is to be an announcement. The powers that be have decided what is to become of us. They have divided, they have conquered. Seek ye out a post here, by Fly, who runs over trucks with.. bigger fuckin’ trucks yeah!

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  137. IgnorantFool

    Easy solution.

    FED/FDIC Tender for BAC @$6 which is about $30B for all the common.
    C at $5 which would be about $25B.
    The bonds would be safe. The panic would end.

    And, it’s nationalization, so everyone is right.

    They could even rub it in, print the money and pay in cash.

    Too simple, right? Call it Instant Bad Bank.

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  138. manatrader

    Here, that is

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