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To: TH who wrote (262778)	7/21/2010 2:46:10 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

The QE2 question was asked by Shelby. Bernanke said they are not yet ready, but the options include: 1) Further modifications to language ... 2) Lower interest rate paid on reserves. 3) stop runoff of assets, or even buy more. Just general comments - and the expected ones.

To: TH who wrote (262778)	7/21/2010 3:10:17 PM
From: Perspective	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

WTF did Ben say? Was there a Volcker sighting or something? <G> I'm debating if I'm now fully short. After ditching of most of my hedges, and adding a little here and there, I'm now asking what my portfolio would look like if things went up 5% - or 10%. And it would be pretty rough. So I think I'm as short as I want to be. May juggle a few things around - still short a couple things where there may be better alternatives, and wishing I had a little more exposure to some leveraged industrial commodities, but all in all it's a decent distribution. Market acts pretty sick. How many times do you get to attempt to recover the 200EMAs before you consider its goose cooked? `BC