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To: KyrosL who wrote (86520)	9/18/2007 11:09:22 PM
From: roguedolphin	Respond to of 110194

<<<<<"You think the Japan is being forced to buy T-bonds?">>>> Some sort of deals must be being made with SOMEONE to buy our US T-Bonds??? US T-Bonds make absolutely no sense to me right now....who in they're right mind would be buying these thing's with inflation as it is and the precarious position of the US dollar??? The risk/reward profile seems really out of whack.....these aren't "investment's" in my opinion for any prudent investor. So....who is buying these thing's and why at these prices???? Selling US T-Bonds sometime soon(??) is starting to have the risk characteristics of Gold at $292 an ounce a few years ago. I'm looking at "the trade" here....and wondering if US T-Bonds are getting close to a major sell. Rogue

To: KyrosL who wrote (86520)	9/19/2007 1:21:27 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

<<You think the Japan is being forced to buy T-bonds?>> Japan is the "export or die" nation, naturally devoid of mineral resources, stripped of colonies, with a lot of folks on a smallish island. As such, must export, and so must buy T-bills, else die off, as certain as an Excel spreadsheet would dictate.