Today was a bad close, ahead of tomorrow’s employment data. However, don’t expect Senor Tropicana to be right all the time. My call for a BROKEN ROBOT melt-up was and is wrong, as the market slides here, down nearly 1%. It seems people are somewhat tentative with all of the bullshit talk of Fed tightening into the teeth of double digit unemployment. If that occurs, down we go, no net. But it’s my belief, the Fed and our Government want to keep the carousel ride going for as long as possible.
Nonetheless, it’s days like today that remind you how awful it feels to trade on emotion and get it wrong. Just yesterday, I went “all in,” buying a variety of stocks, only to see them drop here into the bell. Granted, my losses are muted, with W.W. Grainger, Inc. [[GWW]] , Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. [[GMCR]] and [[YONG]] not too far away from yesterday’s purchase price. The point is: being overzealous is always a killer.
If tomorrow’s employment data is bad, we will sell off. If good, we melt-up. It really is that simple, unfortunately.
The highlight of today’s session was the harsh reversal in the banks, despite Bank of America Corporation [[BAC]] paying back TARP.
To sum up today’s tape: more of the same market fuckery. Better luck tomorrow.
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