This The Wall Street Digest Hotline Update for Friday, October 3, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. EST.
The House passed the bail-out bill by a wide margin. A 300-point gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average evaporated during the televised House vote. At the closing bell, the Dow fell 157 points, closing at 10,325, while the Nasdaq lost 29 points, closing at 1,947. The S&P 500 closed 15 points lower at 1,099. Oil closed $0.09 lower at $93.88 per barrel, and gold closed $11.10 lower at $833.20 an ounce.
Traders on the floor of the stock exchanges are saying, "the magnitude of the problem is greater than the bail-out bill." Fed Chairman Bernanke is flooding the banking system with money-an astounding $120 billion last week. If the banks don't start lending, Bernanke has the option of lifting banking licenses, which are issued by the Fed.
Credit is still tight and very expensive. The banking and housing stocks tumbled after the bail-out bill passed. The $700 billion bailout plus one trillion dollars to be created by the Fed will liquefy the banking system and inflate the last bubble; commodities.
The economy is sliding into a ditch. 2009 will be a very difficult year. An economic disaster is waiting for the next President.
The real value of the $700 billion TARA bail-out is to temporarily stop a financial collapse, which will give you time to prepare for the great Bear Market crash between 2010 and 2015.
Now is a good time to read "The Great Bust Ahead" by Daniel Arnold.
You should stay 100 PERCENT CASH. I do not have a buy signal for the stock market.
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The next Hotline Update will be on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. EST.