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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brad Bolen who wrote (12697)	1/6/1998 4:33:00 AM
From: kas1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

> Japan has made no secret of the fact that they have been > inflating their money supply at up to one percent per DAY. i don't know about that figure... what's your source? anyway, individual savers in japan have for quite some time had a negative real interest rate (real interest being not quite, but approximately, interest minus inflation). should be all the more incentive for them to ship their money over to blue-chip american equities. bwdik?

To: Brad Bolen who wrote (12697)	1/6/1998 10:43:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 94695

Deflation vs Inflation, Ya know, I just saw Milton Freedman and some other economist (name is forgotten) arguing this debate. Freedman said that deflation is easy to beat..."just print more money". It looks like they are going to do just that in Asia. Where does that leave the USA? With a highly overvalued dollar. The net result will be a soaring trade deficit, a hugh round of layoffs in the US, and a market crash. Buy those OEX and DJX puts now! I love this "global economy". Nations will fly and die overnight based on currency fluctuations. What we saw in Asia was probably only the begining... -John

To: Brad Bolen who wrote (12697)	1/6/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 94695

<< Japan has made no secret of the fact that they have been inflating their money supply at up to one percent per DAY. >> 0-: 0-: What more can I say? They are also now threatening to start selling US Treasuries to raise money to defend the yen.