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Strategies & Market Trends : John Pitera's Market Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Pitera who wrote (8238)	9/11/2007 10:19:17 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33421

I'm sure we would. Thats one reason why I've felt we may need to be looking at a bailout on the mortgage side. I can't reconcile in my head how we can defend the currency, keep inflation low and not create more of a bubble without a bailout. I really believe we're going to have an event and its really just a matter of where (credit markets, stocks, currency). I'm just getting a bad sense right now. I don't think the fed will cut 50 bp and I'm thinking anything less will result in a drop in stocks. Who knows - maybe Tuesday they blow my theory out of the water - I've been wrong more than I can count

To: John Pitera who wrote (8238)	9/12/2007 10:04:14 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 33421

Japanese Prime Minister resigns.. Likely that the BOJ is on hold with regard to future interest rate hikes as economic performance diminishes. reuters.com Separate data showed that consumer confidence among (Japanese) households fell to the worst level since December 2004. The BOJ left the overnight call rate target unchanged at 0.5 percent in August in light of the credit squeeze sparked by jitters over the subprime problems. Its next policy decision comes on Sept. 19, just after the U.S. Federal Reserve meets. Hawk