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>I'm backing off my stagflation prediction as I think we're in for something worse. From what I'm seeing we may briefly pull out of this recession by late 2009 or early 2010. I'm see a minor recovery followed by another crash in late 2010 early 2011. I'm still sitting on the sidelines from an investment standpoint while taking various short term shots with options, but as far as the long term I'm out.
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>As always today's opinion is only as good as tomorrow's news.