Short Stuff

Yikes! The market was nasty last week -- at least from the long side. But, boy, you'd have had a ball on the short side ... if you were playing that side. Which, of course, most of you weren't.

No, you're in there trying to find that bottom, potentially plunging yourself deeper and deeper into a big sinkhole. And if you're not, my hat is off to you, sir or madam, because you are a far better stock-picker than me! ...