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Wow! Good news is good, and bad news is too.

For example;

1) The housing numbers are horrible... That's good.

2) The consumer confidence numbers are lower...That's good.

3) Detroit is in a depression...That's good.

4) Energy prices are near post Katrina high's...That's good.

5) Employment numbers are up for waiters, waitresses, strippers, bartenders, and healthcare assistants, but higher paying labor jobs are being sent overseas...That's good.

6) Consumers are deeply in debt and have no savings...That's good.

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7) Imus gets fired for saying NHH, but Halle Berry is coming out with a new movie called “Nappily Ever After”, That's good.

8) Companies are beating earnings this quarter after estimates have been lowered substantially...That's good.

9) Wall Street brokers continue to hype the market until they can get all of their investment banking deals done...That's good.

10) Our soldiers in Iraq continue to die so that the oil cartel can protect their newly seized investment...That's good.

11) Congress twisted the arms of the lending business and forced them to lend money to unqualified buyers, and now they are directly or indirectly responsible for the sub-prime disaster...That's good.

12) Lenders created a Ponzi scheme by overextending credit thru exotic mortgages to unqualified buyers who are now filing for bankruptcy...That's good.

13) Consumers are horrible stewards of their money and finances. Credit card companies know this and prey on anyone who has a pulse. According to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, "Today, three out of five U.S. households are responsible for the approximately $560 billion in outstanding credit card debt. That works out to over $11,000 per household." ...That's good.

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14) The inflation data in the U.S. is not entirely honest based on the soaring price of gold. Excluding food, energy, and items we use on a daily basis, there is no inflation. In the U.K., it is a different story...That's good.

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March: CPI 3.1%, RPI 4.8%- Source www.statistics.gov.uk

I think I'll begin to take positions on the contrarian side today. I will begin by dollar cost averaging into these inverse positions; SDS,DXD, and QID.


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