I feel and share your frustration. Nearly everything in my port is red, and I am
down sharper than I have ever been in the year I've gotten into the game. I've
seem my CHK decimated, my CGMFX go from a 13% gain to an almost 9% loss in less
than two weeks, my Brazilian stocks drop alarmingly, and my AUY dropping dead.
Looking at your positions, is there not a lot of overlap with DE, CHK, PBR and
perhaps even POT? Too much energy/commodity? By the way, my attitude right now
with my positions is I don't want to touch anything--the last time this
happened, I made really stupid sales out of panic, hoping to stop the
bleeding--only to see that I would have had gains several weeks later if I had
just held tight.

Ron,
I would like to read what you posted, but I cannot get it to work.

Hold tight, I think we will soon be rewarded in ag and energy. The fundamentals
are too strong and never lose to madness over time. I am down the most I have
ever been even though I was doing pretty ok at the beginning of the week, at
least compared to the S&P. I think it is possible we are nearing the turnaround
in our sectors, because this madness just shouts out bottom to me. Stay in
there, though it's tough, and I am learning it the hard way too, but we're in
this together and not going out like losers and then missing the rally to come.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle
articleid_2432074~title_Did-Wall-Street-Forget.html

hold on tight my man. i just walked in and looked at my port, my dead puts came
back alive, and i think were all confused the 9-10 days past. i keep saying
there is a little manipulatin goin on round here down at the mar keetsome out of
wack stuff..chris

Its a bunch of monkeys swinging on trees down in Manhatten.

Oops not enough trees in the downtown area!