'We are reaching the end game in Europe'

[errolanderson]

mbdog . . . nasdaq futures down 2.33% in early trade tonite.

all the stars appear aligning on this one which suggests a poor opening tomorrow. the key will be the fight back by mid morning or will the market surrender?

guess we will all know soon . . . .

[farmaholic]

How do people who don't do this(tracking financial markets) for a living find the time to follow this stuff. I feel somewhat overwhelmed at times just operating this place. I don't even read all the newsletters and papers I subscribe to everyday or from week to week. I realize winter offers more time but I don't think this is a "seasonal" thing. Like buying and selling stocks, it takes a bit of a commitment to do it right.

[mbdog]

farmaholic...Errol's comments made me curious...looked at the weekly charts of dow, nasdaq, and s&p...at a glance...ugly technical. Errol's right...times gonna tell...but if I was a chart trader I'd be a bit nervous long.
Might be nuthin....

[hobbyfrmr]

I am like farmaholic, i kind of understand it. But why cotton, are farmers in relatively good shape?
I carry land mortgage debt and machinery debt. It seems to me like i could not tolerate more than a 4% increase in interest.
Grain prices would suffer because if canada is luckier than other countries our currency would stay somewhat stronger than other countries. That would lead to lower grain prices.

[cottonpicken]

Its end game theory far out there stuff

Banks are still selling default swaps on japan for a hundred points with the amount of capital they need to set aside for the trade at a number that ryhmes with hero.

The timeline is out there and financial memory is two years another theory from a man smarter than me

Canada is ****ed are fx reserves are inadiquate are current account is negative we are running major deficits hidden in our provincial budgets kick in the worlds most obvious relestate bubbles left to pop at least our banks attempted to follow the basel treaties

Major shock and awe in the markets and it will continue.

[hedgehog]

Cotton, if you think canada is in a mess, what do you think of the UK?
We are roped to that sinking ship since we voted NO.

[grassfarmer]

Better that than being tied to Salmond's fantasy figures which didn't have a shred of credibility to them hedgehog. That was a disaster narrowly avoided.

[cottonpicken]

Pretty much in the same boat as the rest

[sumdumguy]

Governments could stop the insanity. These ridiculous low mortgage rates are getting people in way over their heads, but government is "monitoring". We the taxpayers just keep insuring the loans. How many bathrooms can you get into a house. I just told my grandchildren about outhouses and tipping them at Hallowe'en. When we moved to the farm, we used one. We now need at least four bathrooms with steam showers, jacuzzis and saunas. Not saying I don't like it, just saying expectations have escalated.