Weekend Update

  • Cannot help but be a bit bullish.  After last week’s decline there are just too many names trading below $10 and  below $5(!) that predict a sever depression.  Yes, things are terrible, the weekend news and commentators were a recipe for a massive dose of Xanax.  But over the last week my positions have not been stopped out and that gives encouragement.  Yes, it is a day trader’s market but am thinking we could get a bit of a rally.  And, if shorts begin covering and just a wee little bit of sideline money comes in we could get sustainability.  Another dose of false hope?  One day at a time, folks.
  • Tom Friedman’s column in the NYT’s was so on the mark I have included the whole thing.  It only takes a few minutes to read. It tells about the circle of demand, consumption, manufacturing, recycling of money and then starting again.  It is this cycle that has stopped; and probably just in time. The Inflection Is Near?
  • An Obama 6am Sunday meeting with the Treasury Secretary is probably what is necessary.  White House announces three Treasury picks
  • There is a doubt that the US Federal Reserve even has the authority to nationalize US banks. But the UK evidently does. Government takes over Lloyds Banking Group
  • Is this a prelude to US Fed action? Rush to buy government bonds
  • Yeah, they see recovery but no huge stimulus:Chinese leaders see signs of recovery
  • Thirty-Year Bonds Beat Stocks in `Earth-Shattering’ Reversal: Chart of Day