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OM:

And with his sledge hammer style subtlety he just maybe was pointing to the 
A/D line (or the A line, eh? (clever that)) which was positive on today's 
early decline.

BW



>From: editorial@financier.com
>To: Omega List <omega-list@eskimo.com>
>Subject: Re: the Fed
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:31:50 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>I think that Mr. Brown is pointing Mr. Scheier to the treasury markets...  
>They've been clearly pointing the way for some time now.  And they made a 
>clear statement yesterday...  well in advance of today's action.
>
>OM
>
>
>
>  ---- you wrote:
> > Scheier:  Perhaps Mr. Greenspan simply forgot your phone number.  How 
>rude
> > of him. :-)
> > Regards, Jack.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@markbrown.com>
> > To: "scheier" <scheier@erols.com>
> > Cc: "Omega Users List" <omega-list@eskimo.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 12:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: the Fed
> >
> >
> > > Hello  scheier,
> > >
> > > what you don't understand is that the market told you what would
> > > happen BEFORE IT HAPPENED you were just not listening..
> > >
> > > s> I'm very lucky to be able to say I wasn't short the emini
> > > s> nasdaq when this Fed announcement came out, but that was
> > > s> by pure luck, as I was short twice on the way down for
> > > s> moderate profits in what I thought was a normal day.  In my
> > > s> opinion, there is no excuse for the Fed to treat the market
> > > s> and its participants in different manner for potentially bullish
> > > s> news as it does for bearish.  The right way for the Fed to behave
> > > s> for such dramatic reversals of policy is giving small hints.  This
> > > s> intentional surprise treats such participants like market makers,
> > > s> floor speculators, and specialists--who by nature must take short
> > > s> positions as part of their daily role-- as if they were second 
>class.
> > >
> > > s> I have previously held Mr. Greenspan in fairly high regard, but
> > > s> must reconsider my opinion.   This is an example of the Fed
> > > s> playing god.  That's not its role.   It's role is to tweak.  It's
> > manner
> > > s> should be humble.   In this action, it places itself above the 
>private
> > > s> sector as if the corporate world of equity ownership were 
>subservient
> > > s> to the Fed's control.   This is the ultimate disrespect.   Some 
>have
> > > s> said they thought Mr. Greenspan should have gone some months ago
> > > s> because of his lagging actions to leading indicators of a lagging
> > > s> economy.   I say he was doing exactly what he should have been
> > > s> doing at that time.   Now I find myself on the opposite side of
> > > s> their opinions again.  As they love him for his actions today, I
> > > s> despise him for the thoughtless and even arrogant way in which
> > > s> he has superseded his role.
> > >
> > > s> Scheier
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > >   Mark Brown   mailto:markbrown@markbrown.com
> > >   Y = Offset + Amplitude * sin(Frequency * X)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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