maneuvering the chop

last week was choppy. By anyone's definition, choppy is what is was...however, with the all the intra-weeks rumblings, we pretty much closed the week where it started.

The Street dot com's 'before the bell' email this morning mentioned the art of shorting stocks and the benefits of long/short funds. Since the retail investor is now armed with the tools to make money to the short side, this means we are probably heading straight up. Stay tuned for all the gory details.

Friday's closing numbers:

DJIA 11,014.55

NASDAQ 2,129.95

SP500 1,251.54