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To: lindend who wrote (4295)	10/6/2008 12:18:46 PM
From: Brander	Respond to of 6370

It is currently hard to fail, no matter what you short.

To: lindend who wrote (4295)	10/6/2008 4:35:21 PM
From: Bill Wexler	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 6370

They are getting harder to come by. I think you can stay short commercial real estate for a while because some of the associated REITs still haven't fully priced in the new retail landscape. After huge downdrafts, I look to take profits. It's a little reckless to press bets when there are so many winnings on the table. Besides, value investors always come out after a storm like this to sift through the rubble - so why tempt fate? In my own portfolio, I'm taking some profits on the shorts, and (as I mentioned in a previous post) using this global selloff as an opportunity to buy stocks in the countries which I believe will recover first and don't have the added weight of debt/currency issues. Most notably...China.