This is progress, albeit painful, but this market is taking the steps that need to be taken. No rate cut by fed was awesome, commodities returning to fair value is awesome, the shaking out of broken business models is awesome. This is necessary, and it's about time. Oh yes, MS earnings are good, so now there's a business model for all others to emulate so they don't F-themselves.
Agreed. If the government would stop screwing around with the economy and just let it correct itself, we would hit DOW 7000 and be back in a bull market. What growth is not painful in the short-term? Let the buy-and-hold and the panicking traders flail and croak, they are only good for liquidity anyway. BTW, that photo above wreaks... put a blonde toothpick up there before a guy in a... whatever that is.
lol... his name is Yakhshamashi! His richer than everyone on this board combined to the power of 20. You would never think!
And has the fashion sense of a gay tree stump. Oh well, if the girls know you have money, they don't seem to care (to your face) how you dress!