The Last Hurrah.... This is an options expiry week - the boys are getting the action started earlier so they can go home early for the week... This morning at 19.10 was an excellent point to lock in a tax loss for this year - and then rebuy for next tax year at a low cost basis.... Looking forward it is unlikely COS for the next 5 months will underperform the XLE (US oil Index) -- since COS underperformed it by 35% this year. Come next spring you need to start to sell everything (both stocks and bonds) and move into safe Non-US based assets. In 2014 there will be a currenty crisis due to debt and money printing... All the debt in the bankers financial pyramid is then going to be socialized (a combination of deflating paper assets and inflating real goods costs). Enjoy the last hurrah