Next victim LEHMAN??? AUTSCH … stock plummeted today close to 50% on a lot of fear, that Lehman might follow Bear Stearns … Problem … Lehman’s management is convinced that they don’t have to sell “cheap” BUT … even cheap … no one is interested … So … C’mon Hank … do it again … [...]

Stupidity still seems to rule … 2 days … 2 examples of MAXIMUM BRAINLESS INVESTING … 1. Hedge fund manager Ospraie Management LLC will close its flagship fund after it plunged 27 percent in August due to losses in energy, mining and natural resources equity holdings 2. Tim Whyte,a former Enron trader, a 34-year-old manager [...]

Don’t be afraid … I won’t have this as a daily column from now on On the other hand … it could make sense … Especially as all of Wall St. fights to survive the June Expiration and the Q2/H1 end … Today … they created first a bullish chart set up for Europe … [...]

Every day … the PPT tries to hold the market … whenever they see a chance, they bid aggressively … sell into the short squeeze … but still they are not too successful … Today … a good example … In the morning … bidding the market up on 2 reasons … – a good [...]

Why does the market makes me smile? Because it is falling? NOOOOO … The reason is the difference about real reasons … and what the media tells us Here comes the last example … Last Thursday, markets were squeezing higher and totally ignored the bond insurer downgrades … Since then … without being recognized in [...]

Even if this firm is NOT a desaster … its communication is one … And as they seemingly neither learn nor are good enough … Darwin says … endangered species … survival questionable … Last example … TODAY … WSJ reported, that “sources” say, Lehman is going to increase their capital by around 4 bln$ [...]

Never in the history information was so freely available … and never was it so stubbornly denied and ignored … Everybody can be aware of the situation … but nobody seems to care about, what is going on … The financial industry became too big … not too big to fail … as it finally [...]

Let’s see, whether we face our “usual bump” during the last tradingdays of the month and the first trading days of the new month It will be interesting, whether they, the PPT, make it bounce once more … Fundamental news … ALL NEGATIVE!!! -Consumer confidence … PLUNGING … 16-year-low -Inflation pressure rising … despite Oil [...]