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DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN….

4 May 2009 by Cullen Roche 0 Comments

I’ve written this post or a post similar to it probably 5 times in the last few weeks.  Again, you CANNOT short the banks in front of government intervention.  There is only one trade here – play with them on the long side or get out of their way.  Despite this, we continue to see vicious short squeezes in the bank names that drive the market higher….

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