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RE: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND GOLD....



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The first would 
occur only if actions to stop the second one fail.
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Tell-tale signs 
of the second:
1) steepening 
yield curve
2) widening 
corporate vs. treasury bond spread
3) CRB index 
declining
4) real estate 
prices stall, then reverse
5) falling equity 
prices
6) increased 
bankruptcy levels
 
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Charles Meyer 
  [mailto:chaze@xxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:43 
  PMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [RT] GEN: 
  DEFLATION AND GOLD....
  Simms-
   
  You wrote that:    "once that ball 
  gets rolling, the government has no choice except to pull an "Argentina" 
  and massively reflate...if they can do so in time.  If they can't, wham, 
  depression occurs..."
   
  Is the scenerio then EITHER inflationary 
  depression OR deflationary depression;
  assuming things got out of hand?
   
  chas
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    M. 
    Simms 
    To: <A 
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    Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:27 
    PM
    Subject: RE: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND 
    GOLD....
    
    DEPRESSION 
    and DEFLATION not EXACTLY the same......
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    yes, in a 
    depression, real assets worth nothing, and the US dollar worth little, so 
    gold shines....can't be printed, can't be forged.....
    BUT With a 
    slower evolving deflationary scenario, all assets groups 
    decline......pricing power is gone.
    This is why 
    everyone is watching the housing market so 
carefully.....
    as once THAT 
    market begins to decline, then we are really in trouble and a depression 
    becomes likely since mortgage holders (banks, etc) begin to foreclose on 
    properties whose value is less than the principal on the mortgage 
    due.
    Once that 
    ball gets rolling, the government has no choice except to pull an 
    "Argentina" and massively reflate.....if they can do so in 
    time.
    If they 
    can't, wham, depression occurs....
    if they do 
    catch it in time, then massive inflation results with mortgage holders and 
    other creditors, the big losers.
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      <FONT face=Tahoma 
      size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Charles Meyer 
      [mailto:chaze@xxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:39 
      AMTo: REAL TRADERSSubject: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND 
      GOLD....
      
      Group-
      Excerpt below from interview which references price of HM during the 
      great depression.  I wanted to know Pretcher's logic for expecting 
      the opposite in the event of a deflation this time around.  
      chas
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      TAYLOR: Well, I have had some experience in analyzing gold 
      shares in all sorts of markets. Homestake Mining shared with me their 
      daily share prices dating all the way back to 1888 through 1998. During 
      the depression, Homestake Shares appreciated very greatly despite the fact 
      that we experienced deflation rather than inflation.
      BATRA: Did the price of Homestake rise right from the beginning 
      or...
      TAYLOR: No, actually Homestake's share price initially fell too 
      from $83.50 just before the crash to $65 about two weeks after the crash. 
      So perhaps the law of substitution did initially apply. But from November 
      15th and thereafter, Homestake's shares rose dramatically, to a high of 
      over $500 by 1936. And during 1932, when the DJIA had lost 90%, 
      Homestake's shares had reached $162. So investors who diversified their 
      portfolios with a little Homestake were able to travel through the Great 
      Depression relatively unscathed, while those who owned only the Dow Jones 
      Industrials, were devastated.
      BATRA: Ok, what I am saying is that timing 
      is important. Gold stocks are also going to do very well. <FONT 
      color=#990000>However, at this stage, my advice is to start preparing 
      yourself by buying gold bullion. Then begin buying gold shares the 
      moment there is a whiff of inflation or when the market begins to favor 
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