One day removed from S&P’s dire warnings over the United States’ credit quality, stocks ripped higher, as Ben Bernanke did lines of home grown blow off of his favorite printing press.
I recovered all of yesterday’s losses, gaining more than 2%, on the backs of WNR, MWW, X and OXY.
My refinery stocks are “Costanza trading” by responding inverse to the crack spreads. That makes no sense, whatsoever. But I will not complain. The important thing to note here is the market spit in the face of low end credit analysts at Standard and Poor’s. There is nothing imminent about their warnings. Therefore, it’s business as usual, with POMO and QE3 on the front burner.
Basic material stocks are in play here, as investors hedge against the demise of the dollar. There is no better sector to have my money than basic materials. Everything else is simply too hard.
Going into earnings season, look for outrageous results from a slew, mind you, of oil and gas companies. One of my favorites is OXY, so there.
Consolidating all of my thoughts into one sentence, I will say this to you: bet against refiners and lose your fucking house, car, and wife— as she will leave your ugly broke ass for someone with coin.
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