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Because it is continually rolled... and newer issues compound the debt. Except for the 'conundrum', longer term rates should be higher. And recall that much recent debt financing was done with the shorter end of the curve, so in that respect, it was more interest rate sensitive (down as well...

Is it just me, or is anyone else here suprised that we havent hit 1.15 or lower by now? I guess there is still some room on the monthly chart, but that daily chart sure doesn't look too favorable to me. Kinda worrisome.

allowing petrol prices to rise to the stratosphere will after a brief period of pain & disruption, encourage sustainable alternatives. nothing else will.

Wasn't russia the only country in the 1st and 2nd world where life expectancy actually went DOWN significantly over the last 20 years? You've dated russian girls that are heads and tails above americans - fine, they can be educated and educated women aren't stupid. They are the ones who...

If you're obsessed with women, then perhaps you would rather live in Brazil than the USA. Granted, many of their women are smoking hot, but their personalities leave something to be desired - comes from that third world "gotta take care of myself and grab everything I can get " mentality...

Not without a USD collapse, and not in this deflationary environment unless we get a round of sub-hyper-inflation. I think things are, for better or worse, much less volatile in that respect.

this thread is so amusing. SA, the days of propaganda ended during the cold war. Americans are far too jaded and cynical to care about someone else's space ambitions. Give it up. You pump brazil like it is an OTC stock.

Yeah, I concur. Unfortunately, this is probably the majority position.

All the new commodity and base metal ETF 's that are being planned may change that...

Uh uh. The waiting is killing me.

I know that peak oil fans will rail against me like crazy, but there are plenty of alternative sources of oil/energy available. Oh, yes, the peakers say, "but not at a price that is available to extract it efficiently". To which I reply - Look. In the setting of a serious and dire...

I'll echo mccurto's sentiments. Sorry you got hammered. I'm still mostly on the sidelines on the long end and waiting for clarity (which will probably only happen after I've missed the whole move...)

Sorry Rearden, love ya lots & mean no disrespect, but that's a load of crap. I remember my first bottle of 1982 La Mission Haut Brion, the 2nd Growth red from Graves in France (inferior only to Haut Brion, right across the street). It tasted like liquid velvet. It was so complex and...

I'm as hard core right wing as AAA, but here we diverge. First off, on a purely historic and national history basis, we are a nation of immigrants. Give me your tired, your poor, your hungry. Doesn't that mean anything to anyone here? I don't want to give the baby away with the bathwater...

This is getting off topic, but having a new son, I have been thinking about this. Matriarchal civilizations are fine, so long as there is stability. They are peace loving, yada yada yada, and everyone gets along. Probably much more pleasant to live in, etc... Until some renegade males...

It is always astounding to me the number of people who will spend $20,000 to save $2000. Love the prius. If the technology had been proven for 5 years, and the battery issue can be proven to not cost $4000 to replace, its a winner for someone who is buying a first car. Makes...

I think you're right. Most of the action on the short end of the curve to come.

With iraq in chaos for 2 years now, you can pretty much fade that item except for the bond market as long term borrowing requires additional debt creation, putting up pressure on long term rates. Last time we had the dems in office, the equity markets soared, and since the republicans have...

Well spoken.

I wish for the population's sake that those odds were actually that good.