Early Morning Thoughts

I am back shorting the indexes on a scale this morning.

The proximate causes include (as I mentioned midday on Friday):

* Most importantly the inability for bond yields to stabilize even after Friday’s weak jobs report.

* As financials go so goes the markets? Banks, after a deadcat bounce, are stinking up the joint. 

* The continued dollar strength is likely to put pressure on the price of gold. I have observed that $GLD leads equities recently.  

* My calculus on fair market value for the S&P is much lower than current cash levels.

And all the other fundamental and valuation concerns I have !

Positions: Short $SPY VS $QQQ VS

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Posted by Doug Kass

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