fulkdaddy wrote:Cobra wrote:well, too bad, a failed Double Bottom, now the chart is hard to say. wait.
Sentor Reid said "LIttle Progress on Fiscal Cliff"
Too funny. I can't believe the stock market is so myopic to believe that something was going to happen here. They said yesterday "little progress". They said Sunday "little progress". They were gone for Thanksgiving all last week = little progress
What's going to happen is nothing. It's a Washington specialty and now that doing nothing is easiest for both parties, you can grow increasingly confident in that outcome.
Taxes will go up for everyone on Jan 1, then GOPers will be pressured to sign off on a middle class tax cut after the new congress comes in. Simple. GOPers don't have to violate their crazy pledge and the all the new congressmen get to go home and tell their districts they voted for a tax cut. Hooray!
So, tax rates can up without GOPers voting to raise taxes, and they get to keep their stupid pledges. Democrats get their rate increase on "the rich". Everybody wins (politically). Now how often does that happen?
Only other option is GOPers roll over prior to Jan 1, but must put up some kind of fight first, then roll over.That just depends on how bad the sh*tstorm gets before Christmas and how big a tantrum the market throws.
Compared to figuring out what's going on in the market, politics is like whiffle ball— easy, fun, and mildly stupid.