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Any amount of sustained deflation might = economic doomsday. This is why the gov't is pulling out all the stops to create inflation. Believe it or not, there are millions of American businesses and households that have barely managed to survive the economic crisis so far without defaulting on...

True. Chinese lenders and American taxpeyers are not going to shoulder just some of the "blame", but ALL of it.

Strategy desk had some issues with the pre 10am automated trades yesterday. It worked great today. Hopefully the issues are fixed.

Finished at 2.48 or up about 57% since mentioned. There was a segment on 60 minutes I missed about cold fusion. Also, several researchers say they find the extra heat in the palladium water, but don't know exactly what the source is.

PAL is exploding today. Up to 2.27 intraday, or almost 50% since I mentioned it. I'm going to check the web to see if there is anymore cold fusion news.

Deflation with these enormous present and future debt loads might mean economic disaster. So, inflation (weakening the dollar) seems to be the direction things are headed.

I'm sure everyone realizes we had the Taliban on the ropes 6 or 7 years ago... before resoutrces were diverted/capped for Afghan and sent to Iraq. If we had had a "surge" in Afghan 6 years ago, instead of a completely new front in Iraq, with Pak also participating in a pincer movement through...

From 1.57 to 2.01 and it still seems to have some momentum left. 28% isn't too bad for a month and a week.

All - I need to know a good software package that has high speed backtesting capabilities. By high speed, I mean the task manager shows the backtesting software is using a lot of available CPU power. I need it to be symbol centric where a lot of symbols can be tested at once and not chart...

I don't like the fact that they are spending and not balancing the budget either. But, if you look at the website, Bush doubled the debt in 8 years and everyone gave him a pass. Deflation is not a great thing now, even with the lower prices. This is because the cost of debt and servicing debt...

Obama and the Gov't are doing all they can to avoid deflation, which is the path we were heading towards under the previous administration. The only way to do this is to spend. Spending on WWII is what brought us out of the first depression. Some inflation is always necessary. Deflation is...

None of this is Obama's fault. The following link shows that the previous administration ran up over $1trillion dollars of debt from 9/30/2007 to 9/30/2008. The deficit numbers people speak of are hogwash because they are manipulated to make the deficit look smaller, just as inflation and...

Great post. Since SSA comes from paychecks, I imagine the latest numbers take into account a reduced contribution due to the permanent job losses. If you think this is bad, wait until you see how large the deficit balloons since there will be reduced tax revenue due to job losses.

Strategy desk worked just fine, Friday. Wonder if it is separate from the main trading tools.

Guys, come on. Giving the stress tests after dumping so many billions into the banks is the same as giving the answers for a no child left behind test. You already know the testee will pass. Granted, some of the banks have probably turned it around. A real stress test would be to test the...

It's about 2% or so compared to the dollar reserves. The whole thing is whether or not it is the start of a trend.

Unless Lewis has it in writing or has several witnesses to back him up, the defenses of plausible deniability and misinterpretation enter.

Just listened to almost the whole hour. Now, this is the type of non-insider we need as an economic adviser in Washington for real change. It seems like many of the same old guys were recycled for new jobs.

Well, there is a difference between illegal and immoral. If what the banks did was allowed by law, you cannot win a conviction for any crimes. Why do you think very few besides Madoff are being prosecuted?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/China-reports-76-percent-apf-15021748.html?.v=1 Makes you wonder if hoarding more gold is a precursor to their trying to establish a counter currency to the dollar...