Quote from bevo96:
This is short sighted, instant result thinking. Do you think this money is free (except for the cost of the paper and ink)?
How long do you think the Fed can continue to keep the yield curve artificially steep and hold down LIBOR so the banks can generate out sized returns to stabilize their balance sheet?
How are you going to be better off with the DOW @ 15,000 when everything in your life cost you 5-10x more than it does now. Look at the dollar as the market rallies...its getting crushed.
From a trading perspective, get balls long by all means...its a rigged game (economic data, earnings) everything is a lie to create confidence. Why would you fade the house edge?
From an overall perspective, purchasing power matters and we are screwing ourselves in the long run for a 5 min romp in the whore house now. We did this in 2002 and you see where it got us after 4 years. The problem is the next popping bubble is ENDGAME.
Given the massive expansion of debt and the Obama budget the US will default if we dont stomach a little pain and get things back on a solid footing.
Interesting post. I am very much on the same page. How would you trade this though? I get the feeling the debt issue will come in a few years, no?