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    Will The Fed Devalue....Or Will All Other Currencies Fall in Line ?

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/fed-ponders-issuing-debt-to-finance-its.html Will the Fed devalue ....or will all other currencies adjust accordingly ?
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    Last Time This Happened: Great Depression. Investors Buying 0% Yield On Treasuries.

    The real question here is this...... The people who have money ....who were relying on someone else for their money growth and protection....have to rebuild their confidence..... The question is how can confidence return ? The answer is.... After seeing positive results received by...
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    Bank Failure / Safe Deposit Boxes

    Solution... Well hidden home safes......Why let someone else control your things ?
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    Goldman Draws Ire for Advising Default Swaps Against New Jersey

    Corzine gets his GS medicine ? He should know eh ? GS must consider his mutiny......
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    Money Creation, Elimination, and Hedgemony

    Money velocity declares inflation.... The velocity of nothing....is nothing... The velocity of something....is something.... Is Government Insurance inflationary ? If provided by monetization and/or debt ? Who provides the insurance of last resort ? Pseudo currency independence...
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    Outlook For US Living Standards

    http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JL10Dj02.html
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    Well...I would be doing the same thing.....if I were in his shoes... This I like....and can identify with..... Trying to do the right thing....given the operating constraints is spot on..... However.....Integrity does have to be earned..... I really believe that structural changes...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    This is a quote from Richrf....top part of the reply... and I do like a lot of your commentary as well as Richrf's.... Keep it coming.... .......................................................................................... My view is.... Obama is like a camelion....He will...
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    Direxion 3x Etfs To Start Trading As Early As Today

    ETFs are really setting the stage for something even bigger.... The 1x2x3x4x model should be applied on all securities ie with a $10 base.... There really should be no more mutual funds, hedge funds, $1000 par bonds, 3% down commodities..... Why not let all securites reflect a $10...
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    CDS'....Putting Lipstick On A Pig ?

    f9 What are the compelling reasons against bringing the CDS into the sunlight as a tradeable instruments .... perhaps through the CME. ................................................................... It used to be called "bonuses"..... Now it's called a "tax bill"......
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    CDS'....Putting Lipstick On A Pig ?

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/dizard-put-credit-default-swaps-market.html The point is that there is always going to be a risk ladder....and pigs still are not pretty .....even though they have lipstick.... Really should not be insulting pigs....CDS' are truly ugly....
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    It is the potential of Iraq Oil......not the current flow..... And the oil play may still be won..... Iraq and Iran have the highest quantities of ¨the cheapest¨oil left on the planet...... There are better ways to go after cheap oil...than what has ocurred in Iraq...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    richrf What we did in Iraq was kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Why? Because they had the bad luck of being born on some land which had oil that Cheney and Halliburton wanted to control and make billions off it. Quite despicable, but it is past. We have a great President now...
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    GS may not be able to attract top talent going forward

    Good call.... You are spot on......
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    Nassim Taleb on Charlie Rose: "Massive Deflation Nightmare, Roubini Too Bullish"

    When Bill Seidman patched the SL crisis.....recovery was made partly because of the government made float to the banks.... I do not have access to the actuals....but the total domestic deposits number is in the $7 Trillion range.... What seems to be the case is that a good portion of this...
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    Nassim Taleb on Charlie Rose: "Massive Deflation Nightmare, Roubini Too Bullish"

    Angrycat The only way to reflate this entire mess is for government to step in and lend money in place of private lenders. But government will be borrowing from foreigners to do it and it will be borrowing against future production. Remember - the bubble burst because we suddenly realized we...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    Good points.... You remember the day that there were not so many hedge funds....and the day that even your waiter worked for some hedge fund ? Just too many large hedge funds doing similar strategies.... The buy side now would favor the idea of covering shorts.... The new longs could...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    Gnome "Growth" is when you make something, sell it at a profit, and build capital reserves. Social spending is like charging up your credit cards (with no ability to repay) and being pleased with yourself about the fine life you're living...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    There are definitely some loyal Bush/Cheney fans still left.... They still love them...even though they have failed miserably in every category imaginable that was given to their offices for oversight..... Loyalty has its virtues ...... There are still those that are not aware of the...
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    market likes Obama's stimulus idea's

    Gnome Market usually likes, "throw money at it" solutions, but social "work programs" are not growth. They are equivalent to "eating one's seed corn".... There will be consequences.... not yet given much consideration...
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