William... I'll answer these one by one Bear Signs from the Wall Street Journal:
(1) The Japanese may stop buying bonds, thereby
pushing up interest rates. Foreign governments,
especially the Japanese, buy 75% of all bonds.
MY ANSWER:
maybe..maybe not ...this rumor has been with us since wwII
(2) Producer Price Index up .4% due primarily to rising
energy prices, which, of course, affects everything,
thus, increasing inflation.
MY ANSWER: boy is this bunk...oil proces are dropping now and the ppi is off. anyway the cpi is off 50%. they will change formula soon.since inflation is 1% not 3+%....didn't you see the drop in oil bec. iraq is shipping again
(3) Rumors are flying that IBM will soon issue earnings
warnings. IBM wouldn't comment on the rumors. If this
does happen, expect the rest of the computer stocks to
tumble with it.
This could happen.but you want see cpq issuing warnings. their 1.60eps is i bag and so is next qtr.
(4) Survey of fund managers shows that there is
unease about the stocks' lofty levels, and uncertainty
about the prognosis.
MY ANSWER> this has been true for awhile... so , if you using my strategy then you have some of your profits in prot. puts and you pull 100% of your profit off the table every month see steve thread post 427,430,369 |