I’ve been here, dominating the financial blogosphere, for more than two years. I can tell you, with utmost certainty, you (the internet leech) are always wrong. Through ups and downs, the one consistent indicator has been your inadequacy.
Just four short weeks ago, these message boards were filled with predictions of mushroom clouds detonating over Los Angeles and bombs disguised as flowers being dropped out of rainbow colored blimps, over NYC. Now you’re all foam mouthed bullish—like rabid dogs or squirrels— gnawing away at dead bank carcasses and shit.
Much to my delight, the rainbow/blimp/flower/bomb scenario never panned out. However, I am still hopeful that some errant nuke might find its way west of Nevada.
“The Fly” has been busy with a lot of tedious shit, as of late. Every weekend, Mrs. Fly makes sure that “Mr. Fly” has no more than 5 seconds of idle time available to himself. After all, it’s spring time; there is much work to be done.
Look you, I’m selling banks, like a fur coated pimp in the South Bronx, into earnings. Unemployment is on the rise, especially in the Carolinas.
Here are some recent stats:
Employment Data – South |
Unemployment (%) |
Change |
||||
|
Feb-08 |
Jan-09 |
Feb-09* |
Y/Y |
M/M |
North Carolina |
5.2 |
9.7 |
10.7 |
|
5.5 |
1.0 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord |
5.2 |
10.5 |
11.7 |
6.5 |
1.2 |
|
Greensboro-High Point |
5.4 |
10.6 |
11.6 |
6.2 |
1.0 |
|
Raleigh-Cary |
4.1 |
7.9 |
8.8 |
4.7 |
0.9 |
|
Winston-Salem |
5.0 |
9.2 |
10.4 |
|
5.4 |
1.2 |
South Carolina |
5.7 |
10.3 |
11.0 |
|
5.3 |
0.7 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville |
4.6 |
8.6 |
9.1 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
|
Columbia |
4.8 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
4.0 |
0.4 |
|
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley |
4.8 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
5.0 |
0.6 |
|
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway |
6.7 |
14.3 |
14.3 |
|
7.6 |
0.0 |
Based upon the BBQ sauce lovin’ hillbillies from the south goin’ broke, I want to sell short BBT. However, at the same time, due to government liars and cheats, I will pair that trade with a little STI; pardon me for suggesting such a thing on a Sunday evening—my apologies.
In short, get ready for some real good ol’ fashioned anti-climatic earnings, starting with the losers at AA, followed by a fresh round of government fuckery via uptick ruling.
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