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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (68916)	3/12/2004 7:48:27 AM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Hi GZ, I'm a NEWBIE on any commodity. How would one play the decline in bonds? Can one short or sell the "strips".The bond instrument that doesn't pay a dividend and would be more volatile in price. So if you sold it and rates went up,the decline in the price would be accelerated/or at least maxed out? Just wondering. Bob

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (68916)	3/13/2004 1:30:51 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 94695

what makes you think they will? Japan has insisted they will keep supporting the US$ vs the YEN. To do that they buy the US$. When someone is hell bent on doing something even when Greenspan bitches about it, I would guess that the action will continue. Not only that... Europe has threatened to intervene as well. Japan was pissed when Europe said that. Seriously. Everone wants to debase their currency vs the US$ to keep US consumers buying. Japan was pissed at Europe for threatening to do the sam cause Japan wants its cars and junk to be more competitive to Europes cars and junk. There is a lot more to it than that but that is all I have time for now. M