The country needs more shorts.Bob Berger is correct.The shorts save the money from being lost.If we had 100% shorts on all stocks no money would be lost.The economy would love it.American Spirit must have lost everything otherwise he would be crowing about how he made out today.

I am in the same situation.I am going to take a hit from JPM to stop mr margin from calling.

will mr margin call be there?eom

Anyone know what Donald Sews capitulation indicator is about?eom

mlsoft,do you have any opinion on JPM here?eom

Dow way over 300.As a bear I demand they put the curbs on.

I am getting bonked by JPM.I have it short and I am hanging on to see if it can get past $17.5.A lot of max pain at this level.

Anyone have opinions about tomorrows economic numbers?My guess is they wont be good but they wont be terrible,so not much effect on markets.

mlsoft I joined you in TYC short but it scares me.eom

Zeev,do have an OB for BSTE?eom

Any ecnomic reports tomorrow likely to affect the market?

I have been short BSTE all day and I am not smiling eom

Hussman fund question.Someone is telling me Hussman has two funds.I can only find info on HSGFX.Does anyone know of any other Hussman fund?

So NYSE opens about 11am tomorrow.What about the Nazdog?Same time?

Wash rule.Maybe a DYN - MIR swap would come down to wether their charts look the same or not.

Bruce,can "expand" a bit on that wash rule.I would have thought that selling Dyn and buying MIR would not invoke the rule.Same sector but totally different companies.

Any schwab user concerned about their high debt?They could become risky if there was a financial melt down?

Mainehiker like you I remained short during recent rally.I am short a lot of cable stuff CVC MCCC ICCI SJR.I cant figure out why that stuff is holding up.I think there may be take over speculation but they all have huge debt.

Unfortunately my predictions are usually wrong.That was pretty hard talk from prez Chenney yesterday.
I was wondering how a war might go.Sadam knows if he puts his assets out in the desert they are sitting ducks.I bet US forces could surround Bagdad,at a distance, virtually unopposed except for mines.Sadam wants to fight in the streets but the US would be silly to play that game.So they give Sadam the choice of fleeing or getting sealed inside Bagdad.He would probably stay in Bagdad so then it becomes a starvation seige.With a bit of propaganda the rest of the country becomes "free".
I am thinking of buying some oil stocks.Looking at RIG.Maybe I should just buy OIH the oilholders.

Ghost,dont give up the trading.I dont think you are ready for a poetic career.I dont think there is going to be a war with Iraq.I think it is all sabre rattling.Sadam is a survivor.He knows not to try anything silly at this stage.

OK this thread is open for any financial discussion.

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ICCI finally tanking?eom

Cheif keep up the jokes.Its much better than your other stuff.

Anyone know what is holding ICCI up?Other cable stocks are down.

Zigi,any idea why UK telecome were up?Could it be anything to do with options ?

KBH.Isnt that the builder that also does mortgages?Anyone know if they are vulnerable to morgage defaults?High end morgage defaults are rising in SF bay area.

extelecom,do you have any opinion on FTE?Why are they holding up?They have huge debt.

heh heh da bears over at SI are passing bricks.Softie has lead them down a dead end

Marginnayan what is your opinion of systemworks.Apart from the antivirus.Does it keep your puter lean and mean?

A rebate scheme.A wonderfull oportunity for crooked accounting.I smell trouble at SYMC.

I am being bombarded with spam about norton works 2002 being "on sale" for $30.Norton is the main product of SYMC isnt it?SYMC is not looking very strong to me.Anyone know if something if is happening to SYMC?BTW I am using AVG virus protection which I downloaded for free.This cannot be good for SYMC.

what if bobbigirl is really mark johnson?

Zeev are your turnips "swedes"?

well stone the flamin crows.........

Come on Softie.Tell us what you are looking for to cause you to cover.Are you just playing it by ear?

Softie,when will you cover your shorts?

Michael,why do you think an interest rate cut would raise the markets?IMO it would be a sign of desperation and an indicater that things were really bad.

Mainehiker if you cover that lot you could start a rally.

Softie I cant access those pages,SI doesnt like my puter.Just tell us what stocks you are short.