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Strategies & Market Trends : Technical analysis for shorts & longs
SPY 670.92+0.1%Nov 7 4:00 PM EST

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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (43352)5/28/2006 4:20:27 PM
From: Johnny Canuck  Read Replies (1) of 67756
 
Hi Tim,

I agree with your assessment of industry needing a lower
dollar in order to compete.

I am just concerned that US economy has really been driven
by domestic consumption the last few years. Greenspan
lowered rates in order to prevent a melt down
of the economy. The low interest rates drove domestic
spending with a corresponding wealth effect being
created in real estate. But now that interest rates
are rising and the rise in real estate prices are moderating
it will be interesting to see how long the demand
side of the equation will continue to be strong.
At some point people are going to feel less secure and
start saving more and paying down consumer debt. At that
point a lot of the demand for consumer good and services
will start to dry up.

The ripple effect is frightening to think about though as
a corresponding slow down in the hyper growth economy of
China will occur as US demand weakens for their good.

Given that a large portion of the GDP growth in the world is
due to China and India, you can see the impact on commodities and just overall consumer good.
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