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To: yard_man who wrote (259)	2/19/2004 4:32:25 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 116555

exactly! Go to www.alaron.com click on quotes and charts find eurodollars under financials (the first one, the second is electronic) go to the far right and click on options It will show you prices Unfortunately it only shows what traded today not all of them. But much of the time everything is filled in but today was light. M

To: yard_man who wrote (259)	2/19/2004 4:33:43 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Here is a good article that lays the case for no hikes mises.org In addition to the employment factor, another important economic indicator in the Fed's monetary policy deliberation is industrial capacity use. In December capacity use stood at 75.8%. In short, there is still 24.2% of spare capacity in the industrial sector. This in turn raises the likelihood that as long as the capacity use remains low the U.S. central bank policy makers are likely to maintain their loose interest rate stance for some months to come. Furthermore, a visible softening in the growth momentum of the personal consumption price deflator (a favorable price inflation indicator of Greenspan) is another factor that will deter the Fed from tightening its stance. In December the yearly rate of growth of the price deflator stood at 1.3% (see chart). (Note that the Fed holds that price deflation is still a possibility.) We suspect that the Fed will continue to further undermine the process of wealth generation and thereby delay any prospects for a sustainable economic recovery.

To: yard_man who wrote (259)	2/19/2004 4:37:22 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

silver margin on futures increased nymex.com Contact: Nachamah Jacobovits, 212-299-2430 Title: Exchange to Increase Margin Rates on Silver and Copper Futures Contracts NEW YORK, N.Y., February 19, 2004 — The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will increase the margins on its COMEX Division silver and copper futures contracts at the close of business on tomorrow. The margins on each of the two contracts will be raised to $2,000 from $1,500 for clearing members and members and to $2,700 from $2,025 for customers.