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Beware of Darkness

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These George Harrison lyrics have been on my mind lately. It might mean something to a few of you out there………

Watch out now, take care

Beware of falling swingers

Dropping all around you

The pain that often mingles

In your fingertips

Beware of darkness


Watch out now, take care

Beware of the thoughts that linger

Winding up inside your head

The hopelessness around you

In the dead of night


Beware of sadness

It can hit you

It can hurt you

Make you sore and what is more

That is not what you are here for


Watch out now, take care

Beware of soft shoe shufflers

Dancing down the sidewalks

As each unconscious sufferer

Wanders aimlessly

Beware of Maya


Watch out now, take care

Beware of greedy leaders

They take you where you should not go

While Weeping Atlas Cedars

They just want to grow, grow and grow

Beware of darkness

Smattering of Shorts

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I think I read that, out of the past 17 sessions, 11 of them were triple-digit moves on the Dow. It's therefore no wonder that today seemed like such a snore. Some indexes were down a little (S&P, Dow) and indexes were up a little (Russell, Financial). I have a very large number of positions worth a meaningfully large amount of money, and the net change I experienced would require the Planck Constant to express the percentage move. I'm pretty sure I could get a Subway sandwich with the profits today. Maybe even some chips.

But I'll happily take a few pennies in profits to a loss, so I'll stop complaining right now. Below are some samples of stocks I shorted today. I think I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon trying to get some exercise, so I'll see you later.

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