
The American Ream

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Yesterday, I did a post called “What Thursday Requires“. It might as well have been titled, “If the market doesn’t fall, we’re screwed“, but I didn’t want to be overly dramatic. No matter: the market fell gloriously, prompted by the slavish Zerohedge permabulls breathlessly announcing another wonderful day a few moments before all hell broke loose.

Remember when Oracle blew everyone’s doors off a few months back? Well, that’s history now. The entire thing was a giant load of techno-optimism crap.

If anyone cares to watch what’s bound to be an interesting gathering: