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Excellent Commentary All................. ........................................................................... Massive and sudden drops in valuations...lend themselves to deflation... And yet dollar devaluation lends itself to inflation in commodity prices....at least for a...

Excellent Commentary ................................................................................................... Nealvan wrote.... I think ethanol is not a good idea. One they make it from another major resource and 2 it produces undesirable effects that may also cause health...

Hydrogen.. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/automobiles/autoreviews/09HONDA.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Excellent Commentary ......................................................................... One must consider all the costs that have to be incurred in buying US products...and taxes are certainly one of the main costs...along with legal largesse... Structural changes must occur...in...

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What is particularly interesting at this point...is even a high ranking official ...head of the US Treasury....has participated in...and has millions in his personal bank account...generated by pushing and supporting the sub prime business... Most of these obligations are held by...

Excellent Commentary... .................................................................................... And the lawsuits have not even started yet....Some lawyers are going to make a fortune... Adding significantly to this debacle...

Excellent Commentary All.... ..................................................................................... As everyone throughout the world already knows...the Iraq war is all about efficient oil production costs...ie 90 cents to $3.00 per barrel.... Venezuela...Norway...other oil...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/us/02algae.html?_r=1&oref=login It is very encouraging to see how things could change.. with regards to oil dependence... $2.00 oil cost equivalents would put algae at the most efficient levels of Saudi production... HON thinks so among others...and would...

After the mortgage market is rocked a little more...it is inevitable that big law suits are going to unfold...just to add fuel to the fire...

Excellent Commentary All............. ....................................................................................... The bottom line...is that a lot of complex mortgage related securities have been bought by individuals responsible for managing large sums of money...and had done so...

Mortgage related securities...etc.....some of which are not traded every day...and whose value may be decided by a firms programming model... relative to ratings..etc...mostly relating to the sub prime issues...accounting issues relating to current standings etc...

Securities that are not traded in public view...are now being supposedly marked to market... And just how does one know whether these values are truly representative... I suppose the trust me aspect of large Wall Street firms should not be questioned... Seems to me ...these values are...

The dollar is largely held and controlled by the world central banks...for which over 60% are Asian holdings.... Thus the question becomes...why would one diversify from one currency to another....if it is only going to cost them money... If one holds 60% currently in the US dollar....and...

Excellent Commentary All .................................................................................... These are really excellent points....and inspire one to question methods of valuation...particularly in regards to real usage... Normalcy....in a healthy economy would imply that...

Excellent Commentary As Usual ............................................................................ Agreed... Smoothing....of course is the strategy... Very similar to the idea of a market mandate....not responsible for moving up or down...but how it moves ...up or down....

Excellent Commentary .......................................................................................... Drsteph wrote only interesting when its not your currency.... I think you meant to say that deflation increases purchasing power...

Deflation....real estate prices...stock prices...coming down Inflation....printing money Credit......money borrowed Savings...money that surpasses debt Dollar....value US currency versus other currencies...

Excellent Commentary All .............................................................................. What is being ignored to some extent...is that it seems most assumptions depend on no real structural changes...ie US tax structure...etc... If the US were to change to a 10%...