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[James Quillian]

I look in odd places for trading ideas. I spent some time researching what industries were making big campaign contributions. I found something but it wasn't what I was looking for. Many of the biggest losers of all time were big contributors. Enron is still on the top 100 list. Citicorp and Merrill Lynch are on the list. Then it hit me. Companies start trying to use the government as a means of capturing customers when there are signs weakness in their markets. Some of course have used government as a way to create markets, oil for example. In any case these kind of companies are a better pool of short sale candidates than of potential longs. Free market forces always prevail in the end.