We're in a Bear Market

08/17/07 - 11:38 AM EDT

Doug Kass

I suggested last night that those who believe a Fed interest rate cut will be a cure-all are mistaken. The problem in the current cycle is that nonbank financial entities (hedge funds, mortgage companies, Wall Street derivative players, etc.) have taken a greater role in the economy and have bypassed Regulation T requirements and banking reserve requirements. And those entities have been on steroids, raising leverage to levels never seen before.

Finally, I opined that we have entered a bear market and that any rally, particularly a violent one on the anticipated Fed cut, should be used to sell positions and to short.

Here are a couple more video clips from last night's "Kudlow & Company."

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At time of publication, Kass and/or his funds held no positions in the stocks mentioned, although holdings can change at any time.

Doug Kass is founder and president of Seabreeze Partners Management, Inc., and the general partner and investment manager of Seabreeze Partners Short LP and Seabreeze Partners Short Offshore Fund, Ltd. Until 1996, he was senior portfolio manager at Omega Advisors, a $6 billion investment partnership. Before that he was executive senior vice president and director of institutional equities of First Albany Corporation and JW Charles/CSG. He also was a General Partner of Glickenhaus & Co., and held various positions with Putnam Management and Kidder, Peabody. Kass received his bachelor's from Alfred University, and received a master's of business administration in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1972. He co-authored "Citibank: The Ralph Nader Report" with Nader and the Center for the Study of Responsive Law and currently serves as a guest host on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

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