If you are short this market

[Creeg]

aren't you worried about inflation? I mean if inflation takes hold, wont it wipe out the shorts with a surge in the averages?

 

[Creeg]

No one? Anyone? Bueller?

 

[Dilrod]

The best oportunity to short has come and gone imo, there's certainly an increased risk now.

 

[Woody0]

Most shorts plan to buy back within days or weeks. Inflation (note not hyperinflation) will have little influence on price fluctuations within this time frame.

 

[quantumleap]

aren't you worried about inflation? I mean if inflation takes hold, wont it wipe out the shorts with a surge in the averages?

There is a credible chance of deflation in this market. Companies are producing less because of less of a demand for products. This causes prices to go down. Consider the price of oil.

Besides, there are funds out there that you can invest in that will make up for inflation when the market goes down again. The fundamentals of the economy are still bad such as real estate and jobs and that leads to a lower performance in financials as well.

I believe partly that the market is being artificially propped up that it has risen again. Also, people think stocks are so cheap now that they are a good buy and that drives the market up, even if temporarily.

 

[tiznow]

The best oportunity to short has come and gone imo, there's certainly an increased risk now.

totally agree with this statement the easy to see coming short money has already passed us by now that we've gone from 14k to this 7.5k-9.5k range in the last several months

now its trying to figure out is this thing gonna be a long depression type situation or not.....which will likely send the dow down to 5k or lower before it long term bottoms.....

i've been bullish for several months now....

still waiting it out hoping for a stronger bounce before i get heavy on the short side again