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To: Ilaine who wrote (12314)12/10/2006 5:14:30 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217617
 
"US money is backed by the US economy" and the US economy is backed by numbers issued by the government: job numbers. Inflation numbers. Order numbers. Construction started numbers and the FED interest rates number.



To: Ilaine who wrote (12314)12/10/2006 7:24:02 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217617
 
<<any regrets>>

that will come, and we will get there

the hedge funds, fund of funds, special purpose acquisition companies, ipo of all of above, sponsored and promoted by gs-led i-banking schema, and econo-political lies of 2006 will catch up with trusts, trusts of trusts, blindpools, ipo of all of the above, sponsored and promoted by gs-led security convolution, and econo-political lies of 1929, and do their inevitable nasty

i understand zimbabwe has an excellent and very productive central banking system as well

so, you believe in central planning efficacy, do you?

interesting.

i believe that most of all necessary signs are in place, and we are really only missing some name brand fool to proclaim a permanent high plateau for assets, and then ... kabust follows kaboom

we are fortunate, in that we will get to study history up close and personal, and then settle a few matters of minor importance:

- does big buists follow large booms

- should asset price charts, translated to real purchasing power, be symmetrical over elapsed time, rising and falling

- can money printing save all days

- can faith support a currency regime forever

i am very excited about the illumination that will soon be