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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Real Man who wrote (29918)	8/27/2010 11:50:16 PM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71479

What's HFT, for example? Front running is criminal, HFT is apparently not. Not much of a difference, except technically HFT is front running trades based on "available market information" It's only "available market info" to those who use HFT, so it's criminal. -ng- But again all the points are well stated. With no confidence in the trust worthiness of the market there is no market...-vng- "There were quite a few strange cases of futures rogue traders around during the market melts of 2007-2008. PPT operations that failed due to lack of liquidity? We'll never know." Any links or firsthand knowledge?

To: Real Man who wrote (29918)	8/28/2010 3:38:44 PM
From: John	3 Recommendations Respond to of 71479

Borderline criminal... Obviously, those who write and interpret the laws in the United States have a very large, vested interested in the success of the Federal Reserve. I think it is safe to assume that the Fed has been, and will be, given a large latitude to use virtually any tactics in support of one of their strategic objectives, which is to ensure that the U.S. equity markets primarily move in one direction; Up. -ng- As the economy worsens and their house of debt teeters on the brink, hedging, shorting, and inverse derivatives pose a serious threat to their mission. Those are gaining greater notoriety in their eyes as they frantically work to reinflate the bubble. -ng- If Bernanke's ludicrous tactic of buying back the same debt-laden paper that he issues ultimately fails, would it surprise anyone if the U.S. government acted to severely limit or stop shorting altogether? They've already stopped the practice of naked shorting. I was speechless when that happened! Further still, would it come as a surprise if they drew up a list of private citizens and firms who routinely short U.S. equities, declared them as "domestic terrorists", and seized their assets? Before you answer or dismiss the notion, consider the unbelievable events that have already transpired over the past few years. -ng- I have no doubt the current state of affairs will end very badly someday, but when and how will the endgame be played out? What will happen next?