I knew everything was gonna go to hell when they passed the debt ceiling. I pulled out a few days ago (last Friday) because I sawa looming downgrade. I was also watching the S&P 1,260 for a break in the neckline of the head and shoulders pattern. So happy I got out- I would have lost almost $30k today. (Needless to say it's not all my money)

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

DJIA Short S%P 500 Short Euro Stoxx 50 Short DAX Short EUR/USD Short Brent Short WTI Short Silver Short

SELL ALL, thats the motto at Wall Street

Cant wait for Q3 Reports of the BBs...

And of course QE3 !

 

It's not even that. Peope are looking at the debt deal, they are looking at the stagnant job market, they are looking at Europe, and the BOJ intervened BIG TIME on the yen so the dollar strengthened vs. the yen. All fundamenta factors= down.

On top of that there are mad bad technical signs with the economy. We are not overbought. We are 100% oversold. Look at this chart, you can easily see that both the RSI and Willliams%R are in oversold territory (for the Dow). Double Dip anyone? The problems also lie in Head and Shoulders pattern that has been emergent in the S&P fore weeks now. If you follow ZeroHedge, you can see that last week (or the wek before) they were kinda cheerleading t- since they love bad news it seems. The neckline was at 1,260 on the S&P. The Nasdaq and Dow also broke through key technical levels two days ago and yesterday's inability to capitalize on the gains further accelerated the downward pressure. The patterns, fundis and especially the lackluster debt deal with possibility of an S&P downgrade all put huge pressure on the market. Some people are saying we're gonna see S&P 1,120...I doubt it. The S&P is showing support at the -27.2% retracement line, but I dont know how long that's gonna last. But until I see some sort of sense or mitigation in the down side, I'm gonna stay out.

For some humor...Triple Dip anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5gNhDkUB5to

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

^^^ lol

"Fool me once....Shame...shame on you....Fool me twice...Won't get fooled again..hehehe"

I love GWB quotes. Mainly because I love the man on a personal (not political) level.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 
NorthEastIdiot:
I might know a fund that had a sizeable position in Dendrion until this morning.

They're updating their resumés as we speak.

But the gang over at Rodman & Renshaw is still shotgunning the Kool-Aid:

http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/11/08/1834311/rod…

How does anyone take your research seriously when you have to revise a price target down from $63 to $17 but the company is still an OUTPERFORM?

Seriously, what the fuck?

 

Weird price estimates of the BBs concerning Gold, $1690-----$2000 arent that realistic.

Buy Greek Bonds, best thing you can do now, thats a safe haven. Jean Claude Trichet ( JCVT, the finance JCVD) says betting against the euro will fail.

The EU has more money to spend/burn than the USA, Germany pays and lucky speculators collect the cash.

 
ampelmannchen:
Edmundo Braverman:
Down 408 as we speak. Do I hear -500?

Was just -408 5 min ago, now -472 and falling. I'll say close at -530

HAHA -514.61 close close

I want a lady on the street, but a freak in the bed, Go Bucks!!
 
Edmundo Braverman:
Down 408 as we speak. Do I hear -500?

Do you remember these books called DOW 20.000, DOW 50.000 and DOW 100.000

Maybe we´ll gonna see some books called DOW 10.000, DOW 9000 and DOW 8000

 
zeropower:
oldmansacks:
do you guys think DNDN is a good buy right now? or should I wait a couple weeks?

Read the conf call transcript. Went over it myself but wasnt too impressed. Depends if you believe the people running the firm. Though job cuts and complete lack of fiscal guidance (well, removal) say otherwise.

What I get from it is that DNDN thinks doctors are too stupid to use their vaccine. Yea, that's the way to reassure investors.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 
MMBinNC:
I'll look into DNDN after this crazy stuff ends. Eddie's -500 call might be right...

The big issue I got off of the call is that the ramp of Provenge is now obscured. We don't know what the ramp looks like now. The fact mgmt took guidance off the table is also completely disconcerting, considering the last time I heard management here they were super pumped.

Their patient dosage has dropped "at least" by a factor of 2 and now it's really impossible to determine what the next few quarters will look like from an earnings standpoint.

If you're deciding on whether to take a flier on these guys, ask yourself this: when has management ever gone from being giddy about their products to stone sober within weeks and then suddenly had a huge turnaround?

 
Edmundo Braverman:
ampelmannchen:
Gotta think the mkt is pricing a miss on the jobs number tomorrow. Any chance the market rallies nicely tomorrow on even a modest beat?

ROFLMAO!

Hope much?

Hahaha, someone's gotta try to stay optimistic I guess.

 
design:
I don't know who Dow Jones is, but he better get his shit together.

The new question to ask folks will be "Where were you when Dow Jones got his balls smashed?"

 

This reminds me of '08. If it is like '08, then this is just the beginning. It's only going to take one default to set the whole chain.

Weakest developed countries: - PIIGS - Japan - US - UK

If Japan's exposed to PIIGS, we could see some crazy shit as a result. Japan's got 225%+ debt to gdp, high interest payments, strong yen, slowing exports, aging population, unfunded off balance sheet liabilities. Banks are probably building up a ton of non-performing loans as a result of economic conditions + natural disaster. I think the trigger would come from Japanese companies with exposure to PIIGS. This would be Lehman x100

 
mfoste1:
this forum still ceases to amaze me....how is anything in the market a surprise to anyone?! just tells me that most here cannot or do not read fucking charts.

People in the business knew. The head and shoulders formation from Jan - Aug in the S&P was pretty apparent, textbook even.

I mentioned it to my portfolio managers early last month and they knew. Firm wide we saw massive de-risking of funds.

But, apparent or not, it still sucks to see it happen.

 
shera:
This forum is further proof wall street is fully of panicky stupid retards. Just see what the market does today.
non sequitor much?
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

US Payroll data has no doubt saved the markets. Well done lads.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
Cardinal:
Oreos:
US Payroll data has no doubt saved the markets. Well done lads.

Yeah if payroll had missed its already low expectations then it would have been another bloodbath today.

Not like it's that great right now anyway.

No one wants to hold positions over the weekend...

 

good prediction.. a little off.. one thing I would suggest to every young investor.. don't let scare make you unload.. hold until it comes back or buy more when its down really low if you truly have faith in your investment.. im not talking day trade, I'm talkin just standard portfolios you plan to keep around... also the money is a gone, theres not a whole lot to be made in certain industries but you will still be able to be profitable with the right picks.. currently im liking tech stocks and they seem to be pretty immune (not 100 percent though)

 
hookedup:
good prediction.. a little off.. one thing I would suggest to every young investor.. don't let scare make you unload.. hold until it comes back or buy more when its down really low if you truly have faith in your investment.. im not talking day trade, I'm talkin just standard portfolios you plan to keep around... also the money is a gone, theres not a whole lot to be made in certain industries but you will still be able to be profitable with the right picks.. currently im liking tech stocks and they seem to be pretty immune (not 100 percent though)

That's what I thought during 08. Kept holding, holding, holding... next thing you know, I was wiped out.

 
cjohn09][quote=whatwhatwhat]unreal....</p> <p><a href=http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1[/quote rel=nofollow>http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm…</a>:

I honestly checked this link about 3 times to make sure you weren't sending me to a prank site.

People are going to make their fortunes next week.

How's that?
 

Here we go again.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
txjustin:
I think we should get this thread going again. What are you guys buying now? I've bought some oil co's hand over fist yesterday. Gonna double/triple down today I think.

Definitely agree on oil - I just went straight into oil when it hit $80 yesterday.

Steel industry has been getting killed lately (for valid reason) but it's getting to the level where I think you have decent downside protection and a lot of upside potential.

Pretty big fan of Mosaic.. at trading above $70 at the beginning of the week.

Some of the out-of-favor tech names such as Cisco, HP, and RIM are looking pretty interesting.

My big question is at what price are the big banks too attractive to pass up? Don't want to touch BoA right now, but what about Citi, JPM, Wells Fargo, Goldman?

 
Golfer][quote=txjustin:
Don't want to touch BoA right now

Everybody feels that way and that is when it is the best time to buy it

"One should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it, indeed, especially when one doesn't like it." - Charlie Munger
 

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