Uh, oh . . . one of the oldest Wall Street adages is the “January Effect,” which states that … so goes January, so goes the year. The bad news is that the Dow lost 8.4% this month, the worst January in history, indicating a terrible 2009. A little piece of good news is that the “January Effect” is not ALWAYS correct. More bad news…
I’ve seen this show before. The best thing about seeing it the first time was that it did eventually end! There is now much discussion about a “good bank/bad bank” approach to solving the credit crisis. The problem is that banks cannot be sure how much capital they have to lend, because it’s impossible to know the value of some of their assets right now.…
