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To: abuelita who wrote (19186)	5/16/2003 9:32:13 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

look to the USDollar as best indicator now, dangerous CPI clownbuck now establishing new lows lower than the past few days, like 94.5 quotes.ino.com "stocks are dumb money, bonds are smarter money, currencies are smartest money, but GOLD is brilliant money" -- JW FOREX traders sense deflation as a clear & present threat actually, the CPI measures the product side of the economic price equation rather well, ignoring the rising costs of insurance, taxes, services, tuition, water, movies, lawn care, etc we have both price inflation in the commodity arena and price deflation in the product arena so a -1.3% CPI is a scary number we really need another CPI for the rising parts on CNBC this morning, Maria "Sophia Loren" Bartilomo correctly echoed concerns that money market funds dont keep pace with inflation, offering negative real returns but she missed the natural historical corollary WHEN SHORTERM RATES OFFER NEGATIVE REAL RETURNS, GO TO GOLD !!! we have now a stealth rally underway in gold, and esp silver / jim