Part quote, delayed quote ;but accurate quoteQuote from dcriese:
Cook Advisory 3/1/2007 pm (with Cook's permission)
The Slam
INTERMEDIATE TERM:
Yesterday completed the month of February and this represented the first month in the last nine that was in negative territory. Also, it is very important to note in your diary that this AMâs action almost completely wiped 4 months worth of gains out of many of the indices. This is a purging type of environment and is always an end result of unbelievable complacency that stems from a misplaced theme of âthis time it is differentâ. The resulting decline from last weekâs highs to this weekâs lows is approximately 85 S & P futures points. The Russell has also had its comeuppance whereby it was a very strong entity last week and then it gave up approximately 60 points.
The important noteworthy aspect to the intermediate term is that the traders are now those making money while the old buy and hold mentality has once again become terminal. [/B]