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The overall equity market is on a straight shot down because the latest fiscal and economic measures provide no investor confidence at all. Look closely at the measures and you will see that the Federal government is putting money in one pocket while taking out from the other pocket...

Absolutely. Equity holders are being thrown under the bus at the expense of bondholders. Why buy equity when you can purchase the debt, collect income and protect yourself by means of CDSs? The government is simply manipulating the capital structure in an attempt to keep zombie institutions...

What a pathetic individual! The worst of it all is that some folks on ET fell hook'n sinker for the scam. Some Elite Traders!:D

What you are missing is the old saying: "If it is too good to be true...then it's probably too good to be true." However, we cannot also forget that "there is one idiot born every second."

Mr. Kass is just long and wrong...and hurting of course. Thus the blabbing...

Geithner has the ability to never answer a question or to provide a detailed plan. His favorites words are "comprehensive" and "careful". The sad part is that he thinks he can fool market participants with such gibberish.

True but the man has been increasingly bullish counting on a rebound that is taking a long time to materialize. So the article is apropos to his agenda.

A gazillion posts on this issue...and where's the link to the news? Anyone? :confused:

Where is the link please? :confused:

Tell that to the carry traders...:D

Independently. Trade US futures, stocks and options. Style 100% quantitative and by means of mechanical systems

I'm from Brazil, but trade from the US (Chicago)

I think this is an optimistic scenario...when this is all over and done we should be north of 10%.

Ok, if Santelli is insane, wrong or a bad trader like some have claimed...let's throw the question out there? Who in here is happy paying the mortgage of others that flat out lied on their mortgage applications, bought more house beyond their means, or that refinanced with one of those ARM...

Here we are again sowing the seeds for dark pools of capital and the creation of new financial instruments to circumvent these measures. And here we are again trying to implement measures that will reduce overall market liquidity and incentivize outflow of capital to other financal centers...

I can't believe that they forgot to include Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, A-Rod and the steroid crew. :p

Here it is... http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19390102,00.html

It is very nice until it goes against you. :D

The question is how conservative the banks have become...I can tell you from personal experience and from several people working in this line of business that the standards have tightened dramatically. Even those with stellar credit are being asked for boatloads of documentation. The banks are...

You cannot make a system work by just adding "creative" money management if the system is not robust in the first place. :p