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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (140459)	8/11/2008 1:08:33 PM
From: copper000	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

With you selling your airlines and being almost fully short, you must not be happy with your positions lately. Try to take it easy, I'm sure things will turn around for you soon.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (140459)	8/11/2008 1:35:23 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

and the permabears here are sullen and morose. It's tough to hold the course today.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (140459)	8/11/2008 1:58:55 PM
From: DebtBomb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

"The permabull clowns on CNBC are absolutely giddy today" I love listening to them during suckers rallies.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (140459)	8/11/2008 3:23:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 306849

The new math of lending With banks tightening their credit standards, many have to walk a fine line when it comes to lending to consumers. money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Forget oil and gold. Credit might be the commodity that's in the scarcest supply these days. Saddled by soaring loan losses, banks have been drastically tightening their lending standards, effectively putting credit out of reach for many consumers in search of mortgages, credit cards or car loans. "Like the tide, credit goes in and out," said Jeff Davis, a bank analyst and managing director at FTN Midwest. "And right now it's headed out." Raising the bar According to the Federal Reserve's first-quarter survey of senior loan officers at some of the nation's largest financial institutions, banks were turning away an increasing number of consumers because of credit fears.