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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (82021)	10/15/2008 11:15:02 AM
From: Follies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Those laid off will all get jobs with ACORN registering people to vote.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (82021)	10/15/2008 11:20:33 AM
From: Qualified Opinion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

I guess nobody wants the job considering the choices presented to us.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (82021)	10/15/2008 12:28:13 PM
From: Real Man	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 94695

Whoever wins will inherit the mess. The government is idiotic. Instead of taking the trash off banks balance sheets they are buying bank stocks. What good will that do to restoring the banking system? While I am not fond of either, since it is endangering the dollar, the solution of the banking crisis was here with the 700 billion package (essentially monetize the chit), and now it is not. Would YOU invest in insolvent banks? What happens next is banks go down the crapper along with 700 billion. That said, if QQQQ gets back to 29 today, the risk/reward will be good for anti-meltdown play into expiration. Of course, these are probabilities. Dirty Harry stuff -g-

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (82021)	10/15/2008 12:38:07 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 94695

I doubt we drop a lot from here because of how expiring put/call open interest is placed, but if we do, then it could be a short term buying oppt. again, pending put meltdown into expiration. For now I don't like risk/reward for either rally or drop plays. The boyz just need to keep things flat through Friday. Actually, they DO need to get the Q-s above 33, but that's not enough powder to play the calls because of declining IV