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To: rogermci® who wrote (21134)	8/4/2018 6:56:22 AM
From: John Pitera	2 Recommendations Recommended By elmatador Fintas Respond to of 33421

Hi Rog,,, i shall have a much more definitive and substantive answer as we wind up the week of August 9th. many thanks, I am seeing a number for things in the global currency markets, and global debt markets that markets me feel we are on the precipice of a potentially large change in quite a number of markets... but lets have the markets guide us instead of projecting our thoughts and wishes on the markets.. the markets are the ultimate arbitrate.... and I am thinking we get some really unexpected developments in the next 2 weeks. John

To: rogermci® who wrote (21134)	8/6/2018 2:18:13 AM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33421

Jamie Dimon Warns of 5% Treasury Yields By Cormac Mullen and Joanna Ossinger August 5, 2018, 9:07 PM EDT Not content with a previous warning investors should brace for U.S. yields of 4 percent, *Jamie Dimon went one further at the weekend, suggesting 5 percent was a distinct possibility.* The JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer said Saturday people should be prepared to deal with the benchmark 10-year bond yield at 5 percent or higher. “I think rates should be 4 percent today,” Dimon said Saturday at the Aspen Institute’s 25th Annual Summer Celebration Gala. “You better be prepared to deal with rates 5 percent or higher - it’s a *higher probability than most people think.”* The 3 percent level is still providing stiff resistance for the 10-year Treasury yield this year. It briefly rose through the mark last week before falling back for the fourth time this year. That’s despite a U.S. jobless rate below 4 percent, economic growth above 4 percent, and a rare surge in late-cycle government borrowing. The current bull market could “actually go for 2 or 3 more years” because the economy is still doing quite well and markets usually turn right before the economy, Dimon said. Cyber attacks are “probably the biggest risk” to the U.S. today, though banks are quite well protected, Dimon said. “We’re very, very protected,” he said. The JPMorgan CEO reiterated comments made last year on Bitcoin, calling cryptocurrencies a “scam” and saying he had “no interest” in the world’s largest digital currency. He suggested governments may move to shut down the currencies, because of an inability to control them. Dimon had urged investors to prepare for higher rates in an interview in May, given the possibility growth and inflation could prove fast enough to prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more than anticipated, and the increase in financing by the U.S. Treasury. (editorial comment by JJP..... the 10 year does have a fair amount of wood to chop, that is there was quite a bit of trading that occurred during 2008 going into early 2011, but that was a generation of traders, asset managers, banks and insurance companies..... we shall undoubtedly see a point 8 to 24 months from now where yields are going up..... and yet by that point in time the media and the professionals that will be riding the secular wave down in price will have employed upon the masses the famed "Jedi Mind technique"...... *These are not the droids that you are looking for.*... -g- ) JP