Uncle Sam is being especially generous. He has tried thrice to throw money at the problem(Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, AIG) and failed. Now he is going to buy any and everything just about. Chairman Cox of the SEC has suspended shortselling in stocks. Of course, the stock market is eating it up. The question you must ask yourself is, "is it over?"
I don't think it is, but I am often wrong. I venture to guess that you are often wrong as well. So what do you do when your investment outlook is ambivalent? Put on some hedges. Raise some cash. I think that gold is great place to be right now. Or take a look at parking your cash in a more stable currency like the Swiss Franc. There are ETFs that allow you do both of these.
In yesterday's Washington Post, columnist Steve Pearlstein wrote that finally the U.S. was being forced by its foreign creditors to live within its means. Today's actions by the government would suggest otherwise. While, I am not as hawkish as Ann Woolner on this issue, I do want to see some bodies strung up. If you're not going to give me any money personally, can't I at least get a fall guy to tar and feather?
