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To: Rarebird who wrote (5187)4/2/2006 11:41:05 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218639
 
possible dollar collapse' Oil is priced in USD...



To: Rarebird who wrote (5187)4/2/2006 8:57:51 PM
From: TobagoJack  Respond to of 218639
 
rarebird, <<'E. Asia must prepare for possible dollar collapse'>>

... i believe this to be good advice, but, the issue at the very moment, is that e.asia can, by its 1.5 billion pairs of hands and 2.3 trillion bucks of reserve cushion, hold up the usd

given that china has a 300-years worth of pent-up demand for infrastructure, and a socio-political imperative to enable 300 million peasants to urbanize within 20 years, the country can print for the quarter century and support the dollar, as long as j6p has something that can be securitized ... the possibilities are almost limitless ... 60-year mortgages, reverse mortgages, everyone lease casrs instead of buying them, funds bid up shares and j6p borrow against same shares, etc

the wisest path the us administration can take they are taking, taking advantage of the situation and usd position, and print, then print more

so, with japan on the same script, the three engines of global gdp are and will likely continue to be gunned, and leaving only the question of which asset will bubble next ...

i figure, in every such game historically, the final stop and pooling destination of monetary deluge had always been the two and only true asset classes for the ages, and both are on the periodic table of elements

chugs, j