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To: TobagoJack who wrote (28394)	1/25/2008 8:28:07 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218598

cutting 50+ points will be considered too much for so little time and may spook investors. Let's have a recession by not doing anything. Then I think the video game and high-tech stocks will make a comeback and turnarond first when all the mess sorted out

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28394)	1/25/2008 8:31:45 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218598

Who know what the Fed will do. It doesn't really matter. Rate cuts are counterproductive. Banks are screwed. There will be no foreign investors saving US banks for one very simple reason: they are leveraged to the hilt. What investor would want to buy into a bank whose fantastic results on the way up were leveraged going both ways? And if foreign investors don't come in with fresh capital, what then? It would take massive injections of capital to save banks. I don't think any rational investor will want to buy into down-sliding leveraged stuff that the banks are toxic with because leverage magnifies losses. CDSs: the elephant in the room. The only thing that will prevent massive losses is governmental intervention, Congress by fiat saying, "CDSs are illegal and cannot be enforced." Could happen at the bottom. Cheers!

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28394)	1/25/2008 8:40:13 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218598

Breeding pig herd is recession-proof and make big money. Gold is risky during recession. That's FACT