Good point. The SEC always have loopholes to drive a Mack Truck thru. The Lehman swaps settlements were orderly today. I say the Dow will selloff tomorrow morning and then rally end of day. 10K Dow before the year is out.
After the election is when a lot of cash is expected to pile back into the markets. So you are consistent with the view of a year end rally.
Funds also have to try and minimize losses so they will likely drive markets positive.
Real estate is expected to start thawing out around January. Prime real estate will see sales activity pick up first and the broader RE market will start to see a thawing out late in Q2. People will start to sense less uncertainty in Q3 and Q4. And in 2010 the ‘great uncertainty’ should be well behind all.
That is, unless Biden’s prognostications come true, which would usher in years of darkness that I do not want to think about.
You can actually be on the short side of markets these days by going long. ETFs that are ultrashort on sectors are now sold as baskets. So I can go long and clean up as the world collapses. Unless Obama-Biden declare Martial Law or suspend our liberties. I have no idea what to do in such catastrophes and don’t want to think about it. Maybe I will move the family to our home in farm country, own a cow, plant crops, make wine and keep out income less than Obama’s definition of rich.