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Hmm. Been to shanghai lately? Where exactly is the infrastructure being built? Who is the loser and who is the winner here?

So, backtest it then and act accordingly.

Question is, where to begin averaging back in?

I've actually suspected that counterfiet dollars have been responsible for some of our 'prosperity'. Aint that a laugh?

My suspicion is that as equities/munis/whatever continue to plunge, latecomer managed money is going to start going into commodities, only to find out how small and illiquid some of these markets are. Hence the limit up moves and explosions in thinly traded metals. However, these markets...

Yup. Good advice, IMHO.

Don't know why but I think 1.55 is critical level.

One of the suggestions Bernanke made was for mortgage and other financial companies to reduce the amount of the loan to provide relief to a struggling owner. "Principal reductions that restore some equity for the homeowner may be a relatively more effective means of avoiding delinquency and...

There is no panic yet. Wait until panic hits for real. With that said, SENSEX is starting to look more attractive, but only beginning to do so.

well heck, let's invade Uruguay. I hear punta del este is quite nice & just a hop away from BA & all those argentine hotties...

daddy-o, ya know I love ya but better to keep it in cash temporarily rather than buy some large cap value fund & see your capital be eroded. stocks currently correlating poorly with money supply growth. (unless pm stocks) better to wait a few mos & buy in cheaper than do the buy & hold...

1. massive attempt in money supply & velocity of money to offset deflationary trends. Successful? Probably not without policy measures which are not yet working. 2. decoupling will not happen. read roubini. 3. cash is also an asset class. 4. there have been significant 20 year periods...

Bogus. Unsustainable.

Ok. Long Strangles on SWC. Its Gotta do something - I just have no idea what. Diagonal with longer duration on the puts. This market makes no sense.

Beg to differ: 1. Soup kitchens going begging for food at these prices. (on a side note, if you need to donate money/food somewhere, please consider your neighborhood food bank.) 2. Medicare reimbursement will be cut proportionate to the number eligible. Zero sum tagged to CPI or money...

The interesting thing has been how there has been panic buying of FXI and other chinese equities in the last few weeks as there has been diversification out of the dollar. Although, given the state of the financial system in china, that's like jumping out of the fire and into the frying...

Not so bad if you've been long :D Hey, by the way, that picture post wasn't cool. Doesn't belong here - for those of us at work we didn't appreciate it.

Purpose of posting that article was to provide objective evidence of something I have suspected for a while - After the fiasco last year regarding amnesty for illegal immigrants, many of them left. They made their money, took it with them, and bugged out. Its a demographic issue - less...

Printed title of this article: Immigrants leaving as jobs vanish Workers who two years ago barely kept up with the frantic building pace now pray to find any work. The lack of steady income has reached a crisis point as workers -- mostly immigrants from Mexico and other parts of Latin...

Agreed.