Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Another Yawner

Another day that could best be described as boring. I continue to get smaller. Covered BHP down two and a half and EOG down four. Thank you very much. Also covered a few other shorts and a couple longs. Up a half a percent at the moment. Happy with that.

Frankly, boring is good. I remain net short but unconcerned with the market's strength. I welcome it. I'd much rather sell into strength. Gold made me a bit nervous mid morning and I almost got stopped out of my trading position. Thankfully I hung on as it has bounced again this afternoon. Commodities generally have downside still. Not looking to chase that trade having already taken advantage.

With the "hawkish" ECB signalling neutrality gold has upside. I put the word hawkish in quotations as there is no such thing as a hawkish central bank on the planet today (to my knowledge anyway). And Bernanke is a fucking joke. The Fed could give two shits about inflation. The consensus is that they are done cutting but I disagree. Under no circumstances will they raise and if anything they will cut again.

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