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To: TTOSBT who wrote (53775)	12/4/2000 11:43:55 AM
From: johnd	Respond to of 74651

Best thing to do, go with FED. Buy ahead of a monetary easing trend and sell ahead of monetary tightening. Now starts easing trend. Some view Fed will ease about 200 basis points in this easing cycle. Some expect 10 yr treasuries to go as low as 4%. ==== WSJ: Fed Leaning Toward Shift in Outlook NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is ``leaning heavily'' toward softening its stance that inflation poses the greatest risk to the economy, warning that a sharp slowdown in growth poses an equal danger, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. ``The new view would likely declare that the danger of a sharp slowdown is at least as great as the risk of rising inflation -- the first time officials have made such an assessment since early 1999, when fears of the Asia crisis were still lingering,'' the newspaper reported. Wall Street analysts think the policy stance will shift when the Fed's rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee meets on Dec. 19 for its final meeting of 2000. The Fed, which raised interest rates six times from June 1999 to May 2000 to keep a booming economy from fueling inflation, is not expected to cut rates in December. But many Wall Street strategists are upping the odds of a rate cut early next year, and U.S. bond markets have priced in several rate cuts next year. The Journal said, however, that the Fed could give financial markets a Christmas surprise, slashing rates if two key economic reports -- Friday's employment report and next week's retail sales data -- come in weaker than expectations.

To: TTOSBT who wrote (53775)	12/4/2000 11:54:13 AM
From: johnd	Respond to of 74651

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