Hedge Fund Carnage: 'Invisible Catalyst' Causing Big Market Moves

Silver Surfer in ... Started my buy FIBONNACI BUY PYRAMID today... buy cautiously with expectation of lower more aggressive steps into the market over the next 3-6-9 months out.

43 billion of redemptions x 7 times leverage = $300 billion in securities sold to get clients cash. That is some major pressure downwards.

Two words: Boo Hoo

So in other words, the stock market was inflated by the hedge funds and so now it's returning to more reasonable, better-valued levels? Fine by me, I'd rather see it behave more rationally, the levels it was at were not sustainable. It was a house of cards and now it's collapsed, and the evil hedge funds will be weeded out. Time for America and the world in general to start living within their means, and hopefully someone will have the smarts and fortitude to enact regulations that prevent this stuff from happening again.

The Rich gets alittle poorer while the Poor will be left to the slaugther house... Long live the King! again :-(

A couple generations ago, a person worked 1.4 months per year to pay for federal and local government. Now; a person must works more than 4 months to pay government. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Look at the inflation, monthly government Medicare insurance premiums paid by seniors were $5.30 in 1970; it’s now $96.40 per month, which is 1,889% inflation in 28 years. ----------------------------------------------------Stamp for flat rate first class mail in the 1950s cost 3 cents; today's cost is 42 cents, which is 14 times higher. ------------------------------------------------ One gallon of 87 Octane gasoline cost 18 cents in the sixties; today it is $4.00, which is 2,100 % inflation ------------------------------------------------ Depending on what type of rice and what brand name, a bag of 25 pound rice was $1.99 in the sixties; recently it sold for more than $30, which is 1,500% inflation in 40 years. ------------------------------------------------------------ Let’s talk about our government run out of money…. Last year, I went to planning department of the city hall I live, tried to ask some questions about building codes. It was around 4:00 PM, just before the quitting time. Someone from the back office come to the front lobby area and said everyone in the office will be granted one hour over time…. ---------------------------------------------- Here is another example……. Few months ago, I saw an article in San Francisco Chronicle, one policeman was making $163,000 per year, retired after working for police department for 30 years, got a lump-sum retirement payment of 2.1 million dollar, re-hired back the very next day for potentially $191,000 per year with overtime...... ----------------------------------------------------- When newsman asked for the city supervisor, he said city does not break any law, everything is routine, it happens all the times........ When the newsman asked the policeman, he said he is only 54 years old, and he still has 10 good years left, he can get another job easily, and he is doing the city a big favor for coming back to the same job…

Let the hedge funds die, for their inability to see this coming and hedge for it properly. Never underestimate others greed. When they sell of the good stocks others will rush in to buy the good company shares. Let the bad companies go. Tough luck Hedge fund greed mongers see you on the unemployment line. More to come. More unemployment, Sell offs, Bankruns, Inflation, Risk. Fire Paulson and Benanke. Impeach Bush. Fire every senator and congressman who backed the bailout. Go Free Market. Nationalize banking.

Hedge Funds are still selling. I guess all that is to say we are going lower folks. Do you still think it's time to buy?

I just want my stocks to go back up so I can see financial daylight again. Is there no end to this greed in Wall Street. God deliver us from those who have wrought this destruction to our economy. Give us victory.

You want to see INVISIBLE wait till you see the number of people that default on Credit Cards. INVISIBLE will be the Dow at 7000 taken there by Real Ecomony. THAT WILL ONLY TAKE ONE MORE QUARTER. Then factor in the additional forclosures that will start becasue of the yet projected Unemployment and the lack of confidence in not only the MARKET but the GOV. for not doing something with housing more quickly. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX McCain had the program right and it was not his plan it was H. Clintons. It was done in the Depression to stop the cycle of falling home values. Me. I have put away one thousand dollars and I am going to use it to buy a penthouse somewhere near Wall Street.

All I can say is that the way this market is all over the place NONE OF US KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!!! except of course the silver surfer but even his cape is on too tight

In all the hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth by government, media and financial geniuses, I have never seen or heard the words "DUE DILLIGENCE" or "FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY". How can we so blithely package and consume such staggering amounts of raw sewage in our financial system? Surely their are fraudulent packagers selling to knowing conduits who caused this to "GO VIRAL". There is no excuse for professional financial and banking executives to deliberately avoid the analytical requirements and prudent judgement in the investment of other people's money. These failures are reason to investigate and prosecute every person in the food chain of this insidious virus who failed to exercise due dilligence and fiduciary responsibility OR who deliberately avoided such requirements because they knew that the raw sewage they were peddling could never pass these simple tests.

Hey, BigDaddyCaddy, instead of firing all the congressmen who backed the bailout how about firing all those who blocked attempts to reign in FreddieMac and FannieMae.

Tit for tat. They get to lose their jobs now as knee-jerk market reactions to every single announcement have caused their quantitative strategies to fail. At this point, I don't even have to mention the record redemptions all of their "funds" have been and continue to face. Just as they helped cause unnecessary runs on banks through unregulated short strategies attached to their deceptive and illegal rumor milling, they too will get to feel what it's like to be broadsided by a tractor trailer as they receive margin calls they cannot make. Right then and there will be the epiphany for each of them, and thankfully it will be too late for any of them to try and right the wrong that begin with their hands. Tit for tat.

Stop the ride!!!!! I'm going to puke.

Bailout the hedge funds ! Just print the money !

Stop the ride!!!!! I'm going to puke.

The American Lemmings are on the move!

THEFT FUNDS IS MORE LIKE IT. MAYBE THEY CAN EAT CAT FOOD OR SNAKE FOOD. THAT SHOULD HELP THEIR BUDGETS WHICH THEY CAN MANAGE ON THEIR WAGES AS WALMART GREETERS. GOOD DAY SIR!

THEFT FUNDS IS MORE LIKE IT. MAYBE THEY CAN EAT CAT FOOD OR SNAKE FOOD. THAT SHOULD HELP THEIR BUDGETS WHICH THEY CAN MANAGE ON THEIR WAGES AS WALMART GREETERS. GOOD DAY SIR!