Is Santa on Vacation Yet???

I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck. - Kareem Abdul-Jabar

And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed). - Dr. Seuss

The gifts have been opened. Some returns have even been made. For many of us, the chaos is now over. We have a few more days to collect ourselves before we start all over again next week. With the new week, we have a new year, a new decade. All slates are wiped clean and we start from zero. We won’t forget the two major slides of this decade, but we can move away from it and create new opportunities. Where will you find them? Will they be American companies that have been oversold? Could it be new emerging markets that strike your fancy? The one thing we all know for sure is that there WILL be opportunity. The true question is “will we see it when it happens?”

It’s “Out With the Old and In With the New” at the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report. Editor Paul Goodwin talks about the bounce around the world since the March bottoms. The results of the BRIC as of 12/18 (in local currency) are: Brazil 66.3%, Russia 83.4%, India 85.8% and China 55.9%. They also give the prediction of the year for 2010, “it will be like every year, with huge surprises and unexpected triumphs and disasters. And since we follow the market rather than anticipating it, we will react accordingly.”

Over at the CONSENSUS Bullish Sentiment Index, Robert E. Salva keeps his finger on the pulse of everything that you need to know about the markets. Think natural gas is oversold? Maybe currencies are your thing. Like the British Pound? Precious metals? Whatever your play, take a look at this weekly piece to get a feel for what people are thinking.

Just a few more days to get any tax loss trades in. Maybe this Santa rally will carry through a few more days. We’ll see…

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