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To: jim_p who wrote (15042)	2/3/2009 2:35:22 PM
From: Amark$p	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50410

Also, you can't eat gold or oil... Just for diversification, the grains appear to be a viable investment. Given the low grains inventory supply, growing world population, shrinking farmland, credit crunch impact on farm loans, and ongoing/possible climate change (and I am not talking about global warming but rather drought and other unfavorable growing conditions), grains may well outperform.

To: jim_p who wrote (15042)	2/4/2009 2:05:21 AM
From: Amark$p	Respond to of 50410

another interesting research article voxeu.org

To: jim_p who wrote (15042)	2/9/2009 1:03:00 AM
From: Amark$p	Respond to of 50410

Fed multiplier down again this month to .885 "The Fed's M1 Multiplier continues to drop. The latest figure is 0.885, which is below the critical 1.0 level. As I have stated previously, I interpret this as evidence that we entered into the deflationary death spiral in September, 2008. The M1 Multiplier has only gotten worse over time. It simply means that for every dollar the Federal Reserve adds to the economy its monetary effect is having a less and less stimulative impact. It also means a growing number of recipients of these dollars are hoarding (either saving or siphoning) rather than spending them. This is putting the brakes on the velocity of money in our economy. Another way of looking at it, progressively more and more of the Fed's newly printed dollars are getting flushed down the financial toilet." geocities.com