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MARKET COMMENT
October 9, 2008
Batman [Paulson] & Robin [Bernanke]
Batman: "It's time to get set, Robin. It's almost oda wabba simba."
Robin: "It's almost what?"
Batman: "Oda wabba simba. Six o'clock in our nomenclature. In the 14th dynasty, the hour of the hyena. The time when ancient Egyptian supercriminals invariably struck!"
Robin: "Gosh, Batman, is there anything you don't know?"
Batman: "Oh yes, Robin. Several things, in fact."
Who let the dogs out? And, what’s coming next might be the questions of the day for the Dynamic Duo.
Trust and confidence are kaput.
Worries persist over the number of CDS [Credit Default Swap] issues coming due and the ability of these to settle-up satisfactorily.
If you think I know anything beyond what I see on the tape you’d be wrong.
Two days ago I noted it was “death by a thousand cuts slices”. Today as my Novocain is wearing off it’s “by the seventh day, we crashed” with major market averages down over 20% cumulatively.
High volume and negative breadth were as impressive as you might expect.
The TED spread continues to reflect frozen credit.
Continue reading Dave's Daily or learn more about Dave in his biography.
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Publisher of the ETF Digest David Fry explains what criteria you should use to decide whether an ETF is a good investment as well as what new ETFs are on the horizon. Ticker Symbols: EFA, EFZ, EEM
In his ETF hedge fund, David Fry often shifts his position from long to short, and here he reviews his current position in some of the global ETFs. Ticker Symbols: EWZ
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