Friday, February 08, 2008

Two Bearish Covers in a Row

Last week we highlighted Business Week's cover story on the meltdown in housing. This week's issue follows up with the credit markets. While the efficacy of the magazine cover indicator as a contrarian signal is up for debate, covers like these (as well as this morning's Wall Street Journal headline) show that no one can accuse the press of being overly bullish on the prospects for the economy. If things do become as bad as most of the media is predicting, it will be the most widely predicted crash in history. And remember, these headlines are coming out after many financials and housing stocks have already corrected 50% or more.

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Lunch is for wimps

Lunch is for wimps
It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another.