Quote from makloda:
And it reminds me of all the fools that started 'averaging' into massive short positions in bubblelicious tech stocks in 1998/1999/2000 who ended up blowing up way before the bubble eventually burst.
I wasnt short back then, I actually stayed away from most of those internet stocks, however the difference is this, high oil prices will certainly slow any recovery for this economy, GDP will be hampered and consumer spending will probably slow to a halt, meaning if your short certain areas of the market while short oil you will actually have on a better trade then if you were just short oil all together. At this point high energy prices will certainly hurt the consumer, its a given.

