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Unfortunate Juxtaposition

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A few days ago, I was in downtown Palo Alto and saw one of those double-length buses pass by (the ones that are two bus-lengths and are connected by that rubbery-looking joint).

As is normally the case these days, there was a large advertisement on the side of each bus. The front bus had a billboard seen very frequently around here, showing a somewhat sad looking child and a headline that starkly reads, "There is a child diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes."

The back bus also had a billboard which was, my hand to God, the following:

Monday, Monday

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Happy New Week, everyone. This is a shortened trading week, 4 days, plus I'll be going to Jamaica Friday-Tuesday, which will mean the blogs slows down (yeah, right). Any Jamaica readers out there, drop me a line!

I've been so burned by the /ES lately that I only took a teeny little 5 contract position Sunday night. I just sold it for a nice little profit (short price=845). Looking at the recent past, I think we're in for a "purple zone" experience this week.

I think I would get a lot more interesting in buying as we get close to 800. I think I'd also take that opportunity to ease out of some of these shorts and puts, since I'm sort of overly-weighted on the bear side right now.