To: robert b furman who wrote (19485 ) 12/15/2014 3:44:41 PM From: rayrohn Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 41631 IMO what most people are missing is Deflation INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'DEFLATION'Declining prices, if they persist, generally create a vicious spiral of negatives such as falling profits, closing factories, shrinking employment and incomes, and increasing defaults on loans by companies and individuals. To counter deflation, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) can use monetary policy to increase the money supply and deliberately induce rising prices, causing inflation. Rising prices provide an essential lubricant for any sustained recovery because businesses increase profits and take some of the depressive pressures off wages and debtors of every kind. Deflationary periods can be both short or long, relatively speaking. Japan, for example, had a period of deflation lasting decades starting in the early 1990's. The Japanese government lowered interest rates to try and stimulate inflation, to no avail. Zero interest rate policy was ended in July of 2006. One side note here Japan now has trumped zero interest rate IMO it going to fail also ... I posted these charts before now OIl which technical has a top in 2011 which IMO has a very good chance of testing the 1999 lows anyway it will trade below 50 buck probably around 46 might even trade around 32 before a serious bounce IMO 2011 is when the Fed Bull shit Stop working IMO Bernanke figured that out and got out {lol it not his fault} lol do u wonder why the funding bill has a provision in it to bail out the banks derivatives ... think they know something we have not been told yet ?? I wonder what will happen to stock prices when everyone figures out that Q'e's did nothing for the economy an actually probably has hurt it.... if u think all this is bull post me a chart that show inflation that the Fed was trying to accomplish BTW posting a chart of the S&P is cheating