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

To: robert b furman who wrote (69183)	4/12/2004 5:35:36 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 94695

Not sure I know it -g-. I think there is a possibility of a derivative meltdown, which would bring LT rates sharply UP. There is a second possibility, which we REALLY don't want, because it's the worst one yet. If the Fed decides to paper over the trillion dollar derivative mess, we'll get hyperinflation. It's tough to say how many zeroes the dollar will add THEN. Historically, hyperinflation has always been the worst financial nightmare. Some associations: Germany 1923 -> Hitler Italy prior to WW II -> Mussolini Yugoslavia in the 90-s -> Milosevic People want and choose a "strong ruler", which leads to fascism and a dictatorship. Hopefully, nothing of this sort happens here, or else it will be time to take a gun and fight for your freedoms. It seems VERY unlikely in a political system that we have here, but history tells us that something very frightening could be expected under these circumstances. Honestly, I don't know what to expect. With the current Fed, the worst nightmare (hyperinflation) seems the most likely one.