Careful of Shorting Bonds

We covered all our short bonds at this point. WE are short 138% on S&P though!

While we told you on June 10 that long equities was becoming a suspect strategy, we now also think that shorting bonds is a VERY dangerous move.

We think the USD dollar can hit 1.17 vs. the Canadian. Why? The risk capital played the same game. Piling into commodities as if that was going to save the day. Was copper in such short supply? Oil back over $90 as Goldman was expounding looking for suckers?
As we have repeated many times for the last couple of months, that is not a panacea for all the troubles out there but they all point to deflation created by US monetary policy. The result is abysmal job numbers, month after month. IN FACT THERE IS NO JOB CREATION AND THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. In a world where the consumer de-leverages governments can and should help induce investment not belabor the process by introducing legislation to regulate! WAKE UP! CREDIT CARDS DEFAULTS ARE DOUBLING Q/Q
Deflation, Deflation, Deflation. As long as the Fed doesn't decide to FORCE banks to loan money ( by raising rates) nothing is going to happen EITHER WAY. The day will come though. Rates will start to rise followed by a massive influx of money and inflation is just going to explode. NOBODY out there says it but the RISING of rates will CREATE inflation. WHO would have thunketh?

Meanwhile back at Medieval Camelot, King Obama and his Google eyed knights of the info-techno age are still looking at their rear view mirror and looking at a charging T-REX or Dragon, light on economic data, and relying on data points to draw feeble insights of dead green shoots (clearly though a persistent housing bust is omnipresent ) and think that lower LONG term rates is where lies their salvation. To us it looks like a money pit full on cancerous deadbeat brokers and third rates bankers but that's a story for another day!

Sorry boys, but while you are avoiding the marching T-TEX you just MISSED a giant curve and falling down a steep embankment where the T-REX will get you anyway!


So expect the dollar to rise, bonds to squeeze out the shorts and Obama to think he is doing well. He is in a no win situation vs Bernanke's reappointment!

1) If he reappoints him, Bernanke won't raise rates (extending deflationary period)
2) If he replaces him with Geithner ( he won't rise rates looking as long bonds yields as the NEW role of the fed)


BRING BACK CAPITALISM
Salvation lies probably in boutiques bank shops welcoming the real rainmakers of years past but also newly minted players of tomorrow.
What the economy needs now is for the government to STOP being the buyer of worthless equity and a salvage crew of carrion. GET OUT OF THE WAY!
RISK takers must be FREE to take risks, not regulated on pay. As long as Communists run US capital ... it's better to let sleeping dogs lie or a Chinese dragon rampage can be your next full living nightmare! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

We are staying short equities and LONG USD.


Good trading to ya!


DCW