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Trader Mark (May 7th, 2008) Writes:
1 word comes to mind of late - complacency. Today's medium sized sell off had me thinking of the last time the market sold off in a meaningful way. The fact I could not remember is a case in point. It looks like we had 1 day back there on April 11th but other than that since the quarter turned on April 1, it's been all good. Despite almost all bad on the economic front. No wonder everyone berates us with "it's all priced in", and "all up from here".
If you review this week's postings you see 1 theme - selling and building cash. I'm back to nearly 20% in cash, and about 18% short exposure which is a very hedged exposure. I still am aghast this market does not treat $120+ crude more seriously - as I wrote ...
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Acknowledgement, Amp, April 1, backstop, Case In Point, complacency, Contraction, Corporate Profits, Current Market News, Economic Front, economy, federal-reserve, Key News, Last Time, News Stories, Peasants, Postings, Rough Patches, Roundup, Stocks to Watch, Turmoil, wall street
Acknowledgement, Amp, April 1, backstop, Case In Point, complacency, Contraction, Corporate Profits, Current Market News, Economic Front, economy, federal-reserve, Key News, Last Time, News Stories, Peasants, Postings, Rough Patches, Roundup, Stocks to Watch, Turmoil, wall street


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