Financial history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. You can't be stupid enough to trade off anything I say.... I'm lucky they let me out of the straight-jacket long enough to trade.

J. P. Morgan

"Sell down to your sleeping point"

Friday, February 1, 2008

morning

rumor I hear is 100k+ on the NFP....

expectations are 40-75k?



I keep talking about dow 6k.... Ok, short of a depression, an obvious depression, or major disaster. we aren't going to 6-8k. and it's a short term phenomena if we do.

When you argue inflation at 10-20%... This means stocks have to go up by 10-20%, that they didn't go up that much last year.... Is very bearish.... it means negative stock gain last year. and 11500 and a 20% loss in stock with 10% inflation... is an amazing loss in asset value.

So calling for 8k or whatever, is stupid... not that it couldn't happen.

Stock goes up with inflation, since a shit dollar is the currency they buy, sell and are valued in.

2 comments:

new comer said...

Morning Eric,

ADP report show 130k increase in private sector as reported on Wednesday, so i wouldn't be suprised the nonfarm payroll would have +100k increment. However, recent rebound is just too fast. Besides, I think people should be rational - now sub prime has been spread to bond, car loan, student loan and credit card area, the bond bailout plan bought Dow up 200 points yesterday and I just wondered the power of bad news is good news.

Anyway, I don't have any trading idea today, any thoughts on your side?

Eric said...

Good Morning Melissa,

what a hellish trading environment.

I'm still very long financials, with the added expectations for more rate cuts... we could see some stregnth there.

-17k jobs.... damn

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