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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (70689)	10/30/2007 8:07:32 AM
From: westpacific	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

""First, the Fed under Paul Volcker hammered out inflationary expectations with a painful but necessary period of high interest rates""..... Would the bearded one be so smart......I doubt it. Beard and mustache leaders always fail! This rate round will tell much. He cuts, get ready for the end of the dollar and possible massive stock market runs. Stocks that hold some sort of value.....anything but dollars and cash. And if he does cut, Euro will double from here on the way to the dollar no longer being the reserve currency. America will be on its way to BK land if this happens. Fools. West

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (70689)	10/30/2007 11:20:38 AM
From: Chispas	Respond to of 116555

"The Catastrophist View" - ................................................. "Peter Schiff is laughing at me. I’ve just asked him to entertain the following notion: that we dodged a bullet during August’s financial-market turmoil and, with the stock market bouncing right back from every dip, things might be okay. So why worry?...." nymag.com

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (70689)	10/30/2007 12:42:14 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Stock Buybacks: A Good Thing Or Slipped DISCs? globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com In Feb Ambac borrowed $400 million to buy back shares. Shortly thereafter the former CEO and the current CEO each dumped over $10 million worth of shares. Soon after that dumping, Ambac plunged over 50%. The result is Ambac lost $200 million not counting fees.Greed has never been higher and management is not looking out for shareholder interests. Mish