Kicked In The Teeth
Written on March 11, 2008 – 1:20 pm | by admin
The DJIA’s 400+ move to the upside today confirmed my worst fear in that a Fed intervention could rob those of us who are short in this market. Basically, Bernake dropped a $200 billion gift on the market this morning and caused widespread pain amongst the bears (me being one of them).
I think we are in for a short-term rally that could last until the end of the week or until the Fed meets next week. I am closing out tomorrow all of my short positions and will wait until the smoke clears a bit to move in again.
I made the mistake of pushing my bets yesterday. We were on our 3rd consecutive down day in a row (hardly ever happens) after our close yesterday. I should have closed towards the close yesterday. I firmly believed we were setting up for a capitulation move today or later in the week with the VIX headed to 35. Today probably would have been that day if it had not been for the Fed’s intervention this morning.
What’s Cramer’s mantra: "Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered"
Oink oink.
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