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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II

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To: Roebear who wrote (20829)10/28/2002 5:56:53 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (1) of 36161
 
something is brewing with the USdollar sudden swoon
that was 100 pts in just a couple hours
I believe currency boys are setting up for a bond decline or stock decline
OR BOTH

much talk about Fed rate cuts
I personally am betting they wont cut for quite a while
the public vastly underestimates the utter bind that the Fed finds itself in now
a cut in rates will not help the economy much at all
a cut in rates would further undermine the dollar

the second massive decline in stocks in 1930 or 1931 occurred shortly after additional followon rate cuts which had little or no effect

why should lower rates matter much?
lack of creditworthy borrowers are LEGION
we might extend the REFI charade a bit longer

I have been saying for weeks that the next Fed "action" will hurt both stocks and bonds
regardless of a rate cut or rate hike
doing nothing has produced a suspended animation
the next action will push marginals over the edge
the Fed is now at huge huge risk

I honestly expect the next Fed action to be a rate cut, but only in the face of a near panic enveloping the markets
the biggest surprise I expect is a rate increase before 2004
to arrest the deterioration of the USdollar
we have a dollar panic dead ahead !!!
/ jim
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