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		<title>All Over Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing&#8217;s changed &#8212; the &#8216;chasers&#8217; just moved from mortgages to munis.
Barry at The Big Picture:
In 2009, bond buyers poured $7.8 billion into higher-yielding municipal bond funds, more or less ignoring the precarious financial conditions of cities and states.
Rather than accept ultra low yields as a consequence of Federal Reserve action in 2001, bond buyers poured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/all-over-again-031010/</link>
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		<title>Market Wrap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[




Dow Industrials
10564.38
+11.86
+0.11%


S&#038;P 500
1140.45
+1.95
+0.17%


Nasdaq Comp.
2340.68
+8.47
+0.36%


Russell 2000
669.63
+2.52
+0.38%






NYSE Comp.
7293.94
+1.41
+0.02%


Nasdaq 100
1901.38
+10.49
+0.55%


Dow Transports
4269.16
+55.02
+1.31%


Dow Utilities
376.41
-1.13
-0.30%





Internals were positive, and we finally got a slight pickup in volume (much of that in the &#8216;zombie 4&#8242;).  Advances/declines were 5 to 4 on the NYSE and just better than flat on the Nasdaq, with up/down volume near 5 to 3 on both exchanges.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zombies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update:  Barron&#8217;s has a different rumor:
It’s beaten-down Ward of the State day, as shares of Fannie Mae  (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), American International Group (AIG), among firms with substantial government involvement, are lifting on a rumor spreading among traders that the government may take steps to limit short selling in shares of stocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New market commentary from Gary Kaltbaum:
I titled my last report &#8220;Is That it for the Correction?&#8221; and immediately, I received tons of emails telling me I was nuts. The news was bad. The world was ending. Robert Prechter had called for another huge drop. I was amazed at the bearish reaction even though I only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/in-gear-030910/</link>
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		<title>A Sure Sign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Megan McArdle (via Instapundit):
For the second year in a row, a suit retailer is including a special new feature in its annual sale:  if you lose your job after buying the suit, they&#8217;ll refund your money, and you can keep the suit. 
&#8212;
We&#8217;ll know the economy is recovering when promotions are no longer organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Accounting Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is so absurd it&#8217;s sick.
It wasn&#8217;t easy money, a housing bubble, ridiculous lending, reckless securitization, ratings agencies rating junk at triple-A. or excessive leverage.  Nope, none of those things wrecked the markets a couple of years ago.
It was all the fault of mark-to-market accounting.  
Gotcha.  Right.  You guys keep right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/an-accounting-issue-030810/</link>
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		<title>Buncha Bulls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News on the sentiment front, from Mark Hulbert:
Consider the Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index (HSNSI), which represents the average recommended stock market exposure among a subset of short term stock market timers tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest. 
It currently stands at 62.8%, up from 13.8% just one month ago. That&#8217;s an awfully big jump [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/buncha-bulls-030810/</link>
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		<title>Market Wrap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[




Dow Industrials
10552.52
-13.68
-0.13%


S&#038;P 500
1138.50
-0.20
-0.02%


Nasdaq Comp.
2332.21
+5.86
+0.25%


Russell 2000
667.11
+1.09
+0.16%






NYSE Comp.
7292.52
+1.21
+0.02%


Nasdaq 100
1890.89
+2.33
+0.12%


Dow Transports
4214.14
+18.30
+0.44%


Dow Utilities
377.54
-0.66
-0.17%





Internals were positive, but volume continues to be thin.  Advances/declines were 3 to 2 on the NYSE and 10 to 9 on the Nasdaq, with up/down volume 5 to 4 on the NYSE and 12 to 7 on the Nasdaq.  New highs/lows were 489/2 on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Want To Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and they don&#8217;t need to, as long as we keep sending &#8216;em checks.
&#8220;You know,&#8221; Delay said, &#8220;there is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits keeps people from going and finding jobs. In fact there are some studies that have been done that show people stay on unemployment compensation and they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/dont-want-to-work-030810/</link>
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		<title>Dave Landry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Dave Landry On Swing Trading by Dave Landry

 
Dave Landry&#8217;s 10 Best Swing Trading Patterns and Strategies by Dave Landry

BMB has been a fan of Dave Landry for quite some time now, but has been remiss in getting his books up here in the recommended reading section.
More info coming soon, and Dave is planning to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bearmountainbull.com/recommended-reading/dave-landry/</link>
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