How Dire

I know of a blogger who is very smart in making trades whether it be stocks or options. He is remarkably accurate in many of his Wall Street predictions. He predicts some very dire economic scenarios which are worth taking a look.

Check his blog and what he published today under the title "Guesses" at:
http://concisetrading.blogspot.com/

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