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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (12311)	4/15/2009 2:31:14 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) of 33421

I still like my yield.. and cash.. With what, or where, are you getting any decent yield if I may ask (sorry if you've discussed it before)? If it's on debt against deflating collateral, Mish's forecast of a deflationary spiral is not particularly reassuring. If it's a dividend from a stock, then again Taleb's view that equities are complete gambling warns one against them. Btw, the rest of that interview was interesting since I happened to agree with him that large and complex financial systems (cross-border.. etc) need to be streamlined and financial products simplified in order to avoid Black Swans and assist market based price discovery. It was amusing, if not a bit scary, when he responded about regulatory measures being improved. He said regulation was crazy because regulators were morons. Here.. let him explain himself in this article: fooledbyrandomness.com As for gold, what can one say? It's a shiny metal that is dug from the ground and refined.. It's a commodity that some people want to treat as a currency. What generally happens to all commodities during a period of deflation and recession? Hawk

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