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ghlau935
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08-Aug-2007 08:44
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Here's a fact: The speculators and hedge fund managers who run today's stock market need market volatility in order to make money. They can't make enough money if the market stays flat or moves only a bit, so they like extreme and unexpected price movements. They especially like sudden, surprise movements down, when they can make money off stocks they borrow and sell -- or, as they say, "sell short." Money Lust Satisfied That's what's been happening the past couple of weeks. But it's not interesting to say that the speculators are whipping the market around to satisfy their money lust. So the speculators themselves make up reasons for why the market is fluctuating, flog those reasons to the media, and then profit if some other speculators believe the jive reasons and jump in the way the manipulators want them to. Supposedly, the market is "correcting" because of worries about the housing slowdown, and also because of fears that the debt markets that support mergers and acquisitions is drying up. These are interesting theories, and people who don't know a lot about the stock market or the economy might find them beguiling. What follows are a few truths that show how shallow these "reasons" for the stock market moves are. Housing a Theory Yes, the housing market has slowed from a spectacular bubble level to a simply pretty good level. Housing sales and starts are now about what they were in 2002, and no one thought we were in a housing depression then. In any event, housing is only about 5 percent of the economy. If it falls by 15 percent, that would represent a fall-off of about .75 percent. That's not trivial, but it's also not the stuff of which recessions are made. The fact is that there is no recession. The economy is suffering from a labor shortage, not a surplus of unemployment. The Fed is worried about excess demand, not slack demand. Corporate profits set new records every day. Whatever's happening in residential sales and building is simply not slowing down the economy. Why should a Boeing or a Merck or a Pfizer have any reaction to housing at all? Because the speculators sell everything they can when nervousness sets in -- and for no other reason. A Minor Major Mess Subprime is a mess. But it's a small mess. Subprime mortgages account for roughly 20 percent of mortgages even in the most heavily exposed states. About 20 percent of them are delinquent in some way. That's 4 percent of mortgages. Of these, maybe half, or 2 percent, will go into foreclosure. There will be roughly 50 percent recovery on sale of these. This is a loss of 1 percent in the mortgage market -- a sum the lenders have already made many times over because of the hefty fees on those deals. In the context of the size of the U.S. financial sector, it's nothing. And why should a crisis in subprime drive down stocks in Mexico and Thailand? Again, because the speculators seek to create panic to make money by selling short, and they sell short everything. There's simply no connection between subprime and developed or developing nations' stocks. This by itself shows the thin context of the selling wave late last month. Money's Still Cheap What about the supposed drying up of loans for mergers and acquisitions by private equity firms? Well, here's a good, simple test of just how valid that explanation is for stock market moves: The majority of private equity takeovers are financed with junk debt. If there really were a major shortage of funds for these deals, the interest rate on the junk would skyrocket. Instead, while the rate has risen by about 150 basis points in the past month, the spread between junk and investment grade is now about 290 basis points, according to leading junk analyst Martin Fridson. This is a lot lower than the year-end average of the spread from 2002 to 2006, and far below the almost 800 basis point spread during a true interest-rate crunch like the one after the tech meltdown in 2000-2002. So that's phony, too. Interest rates have risen, but not anything like what they've done in real crises. And besides, the Dow fell by about 550 points the week before last, yet not one of the Dow stocks is involved as either acquiror or acquiree in a private equity deal. In short, money is no longer virtually free the way it was for private equity deals in the past year. But it's not expensive by historical standards, either. Spreading the Fear In other words, it's all the speculators trying to panic us so their sell programs will make money. And they'll make money as long as they can spread their panic. When they can't do that any longer, they'll work the long side -- and make up reasons for that, too. In the meantime, the economy is strong. Profits are great, and interest rates are low and will stay that way. Don't sell. With all the shrieking about the market, it only fell to what it was about five weeks ago -- and we didn't think we were poor then. So let the speculators shout "fire." As of right now, they're not blowing anything but smoke. |
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AhLian
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08-Aug-2007 07:14
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Interesting article: |
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bcsonic
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08-Aug-2007 01:14
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Yes.. Agreed. Never we seen penny stock drop so much. Had lost 30 to 40% for penny stock. Those profits accumulate in past 3 mths now all gone. No choice hav to accept. WIll run...but will be back. Tks louis. Missed ur post on last friday as i was away. Else i would have unload.. |
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louis_leecs
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08-Aug-2007 00:38
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SELL FIRST .DONT LOOK BACK,,,,,,ALOT FUND UNDER REDEEM ,BLUE CHIP GOING HEAVY SELLING,,,,,,,SO PENNY WILL COLLAPSE DAY BY DAY, IF U SELL A;READY DONT LOOK BACK......................BB FRO GEYLANG GANG HEAVY SHORT,,,, OCBC AND PHILLIP NAKED SHORT advangtage ub borrow script and CFD acct under unfair esposture under radar////////im 100% cash now and im not shortist....... |
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