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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (37230)	7/16/2008 8:46:35 AM
From: KyrosL	Respond to of 217949

So, what is an objective measure in your mind? Perhaps the net assets of failed banks? Let's see if this number, inflation adjusted, exceeds the early eighties, mid seventies, and even early nineties numbers.

To: carranza2 who wrote (37230)	7/16/2008 9:10:28 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217949

bulls and bears on my e-mail thread, representing quite a bit of spare change, have thrown down the gauntlet at each other, and so i just sent out my message of war, to one moolah manager intending to do the nasty, as in, and i quote "it will entice buyers and shorts are going to killed on that one. Hell I may buy some (Wells Fargo) to participate in the squeeze. Could go to 30 fast", to whom i responded just so ... naughty, very naughty :0) let the battle line be drawn then. unfortunately, i am indisposed, having committed all barbarian legions thus against the citadel of finance: - bought mucho skf at 94.75 Message 24042769 - added more skf at 93 Message 24058216 - added still more at 96.7 Message 24063065 - Shorted SKF April Call strike 110 at 10.40 average price and shorted SKF April Put strike 90 at 7.90 Message 24155325 - Did a year-end interim review of my order of battle Message 24160139 - Increased my SKF holdings by 500% at 106.2 - 107 and bought to close my SKF April Call 110 at 16.00, at small sacrifice Message 24243652 - Shorted SKF Put April strike 100 @ US$ 12.70 Message 24251128 - Added still more SKF finance.yahoo.com at 120.5 Message 24391605 - Sold some at 125.91-95, and shorted some SKF July Call Strike 130 at 9.50 Message 24663269 - sold a mess of SKF @ 140/+ on auto-pilot sell order and sold some july strike 140 covered calls at 10+ Message 24702844 ... and am now waiting quietly for july expirations to regroup for yet another assult across the moat, over the wall, into the court, kick over the throne, and flood the keep. chugs, tobagojack p.s. chaos is a gift, crisis a partner, volatility friend, lone path right way, survive, to fight another day we shall not be denied forward, ever forward in gold we trust let us pray and then prey