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

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (87833)	6/10/2009 7:33:34 AM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Yeah, but they may have run out of the suckers, I'm afraid. Not that they are not present, they are just broke. We'll see how high rates these markets can handle. For now financials need to sell stock to pay back the TARP. Thus the pump. And dump. Not really bullish for shareholders - dilution and higher compensation. -g-

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (87833)	6/10/2009 7:37:35 AM
From: TFF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 94695

In 1929/30 the SPX was up 45% in 5 mths. The SPX is now up 43% in a little over 3 mths. Interestingly in 1929 the SPX dropped 44% in just 3 mths. The ultimate bottom took 34 mths and had dropped 83%. Afterwards it jumped an astounding 311% in 56 months. In 1937 it dropped over 50% once again. While it took the the SPX 17 mths to drop 57% in 2007/2009.