I find myself in the Swiss Alps this weekend, spending a few days with my family in the picturesque village of Veysonnaz. While tranquillity reigns and the family delights in having my attention for a change, the bad news for readers is that “Words from the Wise” is taking a break this Sunday.

As a substitute for the weekly review, I have obtained the necessary permission to republish a fascinating discussion of Kate Welling (Weeden & co) with Albert Edwards and James Montier of Société Générale. They are, in a word, skeptics, and at this juncture most deeply skeptical of any and all notions that “the worst is over”. The article will be up on

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We should see Wall Street start off with a nice rally this morning, though I won't place a bet on where the day ends. Markets are terribly oversold and yesterday's action ended in a bullish reversal on high volume at support -- that's VERY bullish.And yet we seem to get more terrible news all the time ...BAD NEWS FOR THE CONSUMER ...

Auto sales plunge

June auto sales plunged, according to reports from the nation's major automakers, as Americans shunned pickups and SUVs in the face of record gas prices. General Motors reported that its U.S. sales fell 18% in June versus a year ago. Sales of GM's light trucks, which includes pickups, SUVs and so-called crossovers, tumbled 16%. GM's car sales dropped 21% in the month.

BAD NEWS ON INFLATION ...

Manufacturers struggle to overcome rising prices

NEW YORK - Each week, Ira Cooper opens

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The May 27 Fast Money University segment had bad news for some — but possibly good for others. What was the topic?

#3 - Fast Money University: Natural Disasters

Syllabus: Is it possible to trade major disasters such as an earthquake or a cyclone?

Today was nearly a mirror of yesterday, minus the bigger point losses and the higher volume. But that to me doesn’t matter as what is more important is the fact that for the second day in a row the market appeared as if it was ready to crack WIDE OPEN but instead caught a heavy bid rallying into the close to pair back a lot of the damage. Yes it was a down day but it was a “good” down day. The selling was pretty bad intraday and in fact I did get a bit nervous. However, when I get nervous it is normally a good sign as the market normally doesn’t move well with my emotions. So the fact that I got a bit fearful was a contrarian signal. If I would have come back in the final hour, however, and the market would have been lower the entire tone ...

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MARKET COMMENT May 6, 2008 Do not pay any attention to bad news. That’s the message today. Bulls ignored record oil prices and crummy news [a dividend cut and wider loss] from FNM. Instead they chose to believe that FNM’s position going forward was strong and they would “feast on” market chaos from new products and, of course, the worst conditions were behind them.