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haven't read all the responses but elimination of margin would cause prices to skyrocket, imo short sellers wouldn't (couldn't) afford to play the game either. now there is precedent for liqidation only market like the Hunt silver hayride of '80 politicians getting involved is not good news

unfortunately for Sovereign funds, they hold US$ they ain't too smart, now are they?

protectionism is spreading fast as wobbly governments fear the noose I sense panic near the exits

not a big fan of greenspan 1.0 or greenspan 1.1 benny b-52 has little choice in what he was handed and how to deal with it it's a slow motion crash versus some banking shutdown and everybody rushes the food stores and empties them out banks restrict you to $250 withdrawals per...

Bernanke is the captain of the Titanic and his awareness of the situation is that "we're gonna have some wet carpets"

the hook gets buried deeper into the taxpayer... no wonder gold held 850 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121089649942297163.html?mod=todays_us_page_one

I wonder if Mishkin the Idiot wants to deflate the bubble in the 10 year Treasury?

naahh S&P support/resist. is at 1405 so there is a shoving match around there ahead of expiration if the 10 year cracks 4%, hard south

the "seasonally adjusted" increase for gasoline was expected to be 9% but came in up only 7% so the math says that prices for gas dropped 2% see, dont you feel better now?

600 after a 2 for 1 split

all of the shit 5th world ungrateful countries seem to know our phone number when they get in trouble. next time call collect and see if we answer.

yea really.. +0.6 GDP with 12% inflation wipe your ass with that

yea right, I'm selling gold to buy dollars..why?

well, hope you're right but I'm not sure a hurricane premium is built in yet... cant see the dollar going up since any hint of higher rates will nuke the stock market 150 oil in a spike top give or take , who the hell knows

the rest of the world is tired of having devalued dollars shoved down their collective throats. with record trade deficts, everyone else is sensing that the wheels are almost off the cart. where is all the blame for speculators driving up the price of the 10 year trez. there should be...

ha speculation... bunch of bullshit no one blamed speculation when oil was at $12 a barrel in 1998 speculation is always cited when a market doesn't do what bystanders believe it should do... confetti money is really the blame

an opinion which is worth zippo. the current new age thinking at the Fed. means that most any poor crdeit will be monetized. with inflation at 10% and the 10 year trez at 3.80, who else is buying that crap other than Benny B-52 and the lost planet airmen.

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the new 21st century depression will be when CNBC is forced to rerun episodes of McEnroe, commercial free. then, that is the bottom for all of this.

interesting that the deal had to go thru Buffet... since Wall Street has fvcked their customers so many times... the bulk of the deal couldn't be floated at reasonable rates.. maybe long rates will go back to 14% where they belong. until then, Buffet will be happy to finance the steals....