basserdan, tend to agree with Roach and recommend (to friends/family) anyone who's retirement accounts are tied to the markets to take protective action within the next 1-3 months. Call it insurance if you will.
Other than some nice long positions for the holidays, I'll be back to mostly short ...
The white man seeks to conquer nature, to bend it to his will and to use it wastefully until it is all gone and then he simply moves on, leaving the waste behind him and looking for new places to take. Chiksika (Kispokotha Shawnee),March 19,1779