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There is no airline ETF that I know of. There is the AMEX $XAL airlines index but I don't think it's trade-able.

Once people stop trying to short these momentum stocks they actually might have a chance to go down eventually.

The takeaway here: Markets tend to suck in as much capital as possible in whatever direction, and then do whatever it takes to hurt the largest percentage of that capital. It works both ways, against longs or shorts, depends on where it can inflict the most damage and cause the the higher degree...

Many "high yield" and "corporate" bond CEFs were killed because of yield spreads widening in the junk segment. Look at charts of HIX, FT etc. Some floating rate CEFs I was following also got caught up in the turmoil PHD PPR FRA.

I think he means $40k worth of AMZN. Still, money is money.

Interesting we never see these type of "the markets are rigged" threads on a gap down. Only on gap ups.

Is it just me or is every other post here skeptic (even calling it manipulation, rigged markets etc.) after every up day and calling dooms day after every down day? I don't get it...

Gotta love a good squeeze. Let's see what the bulls are made of...

Did you read the article? It was quite critical of the hype.

Jul 19th 2007 From The Economist print edition Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is being touted as the new Steve Jobs, and his company as the next Google OLDER people in particular are often taken aback by the speed with which the internet's “next big thing” can cease being that. It even...

Enfinity, you sound a little confused. Maybe keep the fingers off the reply button next time.

Here's a look at the past so you will get an idea what will happen to BRK.A relative to our current momentum darlings RIMM AAPL AMZN etc. the next time the markets get scared. Might not happen tomorrow, next month or even next year, but at some point it will happen:

Let's just say this: Anybody making 30% annualized with a long only portfolio in one of the most devastating bear markets from 2000 - 2002 is not lucky but rather knows what he's doing.

He won't reply, nice try though.

It did float successfully with a delay of one day and missed its allocation goal by 10%. Still, that's an extra $500m to play with for Mr. Pink, without having to worry about redemptions...

Now you know why they're called Pumper Jaffray.

You mean the huge stock market crash of Sept 2006? I think this September could be just as "bad":

Odd lot short % measured Friday is at levels last seen Feb 27 of this year. Gun to the head, I would say this week will be green.

July 11, 2007 It is my privilege to bring you the following interview I recently conducted with value investing superstar Mohnish Pabrai. Mohnish is my favorite investor who doesn't have the initials W.B. His stock selection style is similar to mine, except that he's more successful at it...

Read this paper (see attachment). This methodology can be expanded beyond commodity futures to any "big market" you speak of as long as it's trading on an exchange. You can replace "Real Estate" with REIT ETFs for example, if desired you can even drill down further, e.g. one bucket with US REITs...