Administrative Note

I will be traveling for much of this week, so blogging will be sparse.  I will try to post if something crazy, catastrophic, or highly unexpected hits the tape.  Every time I take a quick vacation, some sort of large institution fails (i.e. I was in Tahoe when Bear went under, and LA when Fannie and Freddie were seized by the government.)  You might want to consider buying some puts if you're superstitious.  On second thought, the market ripped after Fannie and Freddie went into conservatorship, so maybe buy some straddles?