Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (423143)	1/29/2013 5:57:31 PM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

10 year is at 2%. All is well. Spike it to say, 5% in a week's time and we can talk.

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (423143)	1/29/2013 6:00:56 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Oh yea... they don't WANT to do it, of course it would "be great" (supposedly) if rates stayed low until the government pays down the debt... it would be nice for folks paying 20% at the loan sharks office if they could borrow at 1% too. One would think we need to be watchful of foreigners selling dollars via lack of willingness to buy US debt. That would kick it off... since the FED would have to belly up to the bar and loosen the ole trousers to fill the gap. I have a feeling that a lot of customers have had that last quick one and ducked out as the next round was being ordered. I know most of WS thinks they'll notice the place "thinning out" in time leave before the massive fat guy pukes all over the place and they drag him off to jail, but I have my doubts. It's amazing to me how many banks got hosed in the housing thinggy... that was really stupid, as evidenced by a LOT of smart guys on WS who profited from it. FURTHER... you have to remember... just like EVERYONE was playing the house game, now all sorts of savers are in the stock market and bond markets BIG TIME, trying to get blood out of rocks. Derrivatives? I guess it would be nice if there are no nasties waiting there... but most of what I addressed really has nothing to do with that, that's just "a little kicker" so to speak! LOL DAK

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (423143)	1/29/2013 6:37:03 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Does anyone have any evidence that the derivatives mountain is getting smaller? I would assume with TBTF and ZIRF policies, it will simply grow like an expanding gas giant, until that moment when it can no longer generate the heat necessary to overcome the inevitable collapse of the system. When that happens in Mother Nature (nova --> neutron star or black hole), it is amazingly fast, a day or two after a billion years of partying like it's 1999.