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  M. 
  Simms 
  To: <A title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  
  Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:46 
  PM
  Subject: RE: Re[2]: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION 
  AND GOLD....
  
  "Time" was the 
  approach that Japan took.......
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   Yep, and 
  the clock is still ticking. Hey, what's another 10 or 20 years for a 
  civilization that is thousands of years old?  
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  <FONT color=#0000ff 
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  <FONT color=#0000ff 
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    size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Bob Heisler 
    [mailto:BHEISLER@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:51 
    PMTo: <A 
    href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: 
    Re: Re[2]: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND GOLD....
    Thanks Jim.
     
    I get tired of these guys trashing people in 
    positions they no nothing about...that's the media's 
    job....hehehe.
     
    And you're right, things are not as bad as 
    one might think and actually I'm surprised they're not worse than they 
    are.  Sure, we could use some pro-growth measures which will be 
    proposed next week (if you believe the media), but the best cure for this 
    post-bubble hangover is simply Time.
     
    Bob
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      Jim 
      Johnson 
      To: <A 
      title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Bob Heisler 
      Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:27 
      AM
      Subject: Re[2]: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION 
      AND GOLD....
      Hello Bob,Amen.  And let's consider for 
      the moment that the economy is simplynot in bad shape on a historical 
      basis--look at some econ charts ofemployment, hourly wages, inflation, 
      production/utilization.  Lookback more than 2-3 years and you'll 
      see things are pretty good.  Lookat almost any country on earth 
      at any time in history and the compslook pretty good.  Besides 
      being the richest and most comfortablepeople in history, they are also 
      the most spoiled.Gotta go, time to put the flag 
      up.Best regards,Jim 
      Johnson                           
      mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx-- Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 
      6:52:56 AM, you wrote:BH> I'm just a lowly trader who is not an 
      economist or a CNBC talking head and am therefore grossly under-qualified 
      to either give advice on economic/fiscal policy or criticize/praise the 
      currentBH> economic team.BH> But what I do know is that 
      the current administration inherited a post-bubble economy and a 
      post-bubble bear market (the NDX was 45% off its all-time high when Bush 
      took office).  Toss in 911 andBH> even someone as 
      under-qualified as myself can see that their timing could have been 
      better....like inheriting a recovery and the early stages of the PC 
      revolution in the early 90's.BH> I hear a lot of bashing of 
      these folks but I hear nothing from the critics on what we should be doing 
      - except raising taxes and increasing government 
      spending/entitlements.  Even the infamousBH> Lord Rubin, who 
      bravely fled to Singapore once the Enron news came out, has offered only 
      these solutions.  But if history is to be our guide then that type of 
      policy is exactly what we shouldn'tBH> adapt.BH> What 
      I'd like to hear from the critics are some concrete ideas on what should 
      be done as opposed to the daily/hourly criticisms and negative sound 
      bites.  And those ideas should include a plan onBH> how to get 
      any new policy changes through the Congress (particularly the 
      Senate).BH> I look forward to being educated.BH> 
      BobBH>   ----- Original Message ----- 
      BH>   From: M. Simms BH>   To: 
      realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BH>   Sent: Tuesday, August 
      20, 2002 10:27 PMBH>   Subject: RE: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION 
      AND GOLD....BH>   In the inflationary depression 
      scenario, it would be the best and only 
      medicine....;BH>   however, in the second, it could be a 
      disaster if done over a short period of time (1-3 years), since the 
      largest growth industry right now is the US government... and attempts to 
      cut-backBH> staff would only lead to more unemployment and a lower 
      tax base.BH>   Once the big government train is rolling, 
      it's gotta be first slowed-down, so that private industry can respond 
      properly, and that will take a long period of time (3-6 
      years).BH>   Funny, on CNBC tonite, they had a quote 
      from the editor of Fortune who is calling Bush's economic advisors the 
      Keystone Kops !!!BH>   Unquestionably, near the 
      anniversary of 9-11, the economic future of the country hangs "in the 
      balance".....recent articles suggest that NYC's economy is STILL in 
      shambles with many bankruptBH> vendors and small businesses, etc. 
      Some financial firms who lost 20-50% of their staff, STILL HAVEN'T REHIRED 
      replacements !!! BH>   The Fed's decision on Sept 24th 
      looms large and should be a HUGE event....BH>   watch how 
      the stock market anticipates their action over the next 4 
      weeks....BH>   As always, buy the rumor, sell the 
      news.BH>     -----Original 
      Message-----BH>     From: Charles Meyer 
      [mailto:chaze@xxxxxxxx]BH>     Sent: Tuesday, 
      August 20, 2002 7:38 PMBH>     To: 
      realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBH>     Subject: Re: 
      [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND GOLD....BH>     
      Simms-BH>     Yes; I'm back with another 
      question.<g>  OK; now let me please ask this.  
      WouldBH>     the cure for EITHER scenerio 
      (inflationary depression or deflationary 
      depression)BH>     be to dramatically cut both 
      taxes and spending?  Or; would the cure be different 
      forBH>     each potential scenerio?  I 
      can't see ANY of these politicians taking steps to do either.  Tks 
      for your patience.BH>     
      chasBH>       ----- Original Message 
      ----- BH>       From: M. Simms 
      BH>       To: 
      realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BH>       
      Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:37 
      AMBH>       Subject: RE: [RT] GEN: 
      DEFLATION AND 
      GOLD....BH>       The first 
      would occur only if actions to stop the second one 
      fail.BH>       Tell-tale signs of 
      the second:BH>       1) steepening 
      yield curveBH>       2) widening 
      corporate vs. treasury bond 
      spreadBH>       3) CRB index 
      decliningBH>       4) real estate 
      prices stall, then reverseBH>       
      5) falling equity pricesBH>       6) 
      increased bankruptcy 
      levelsBH>         
      -----Original 
      Message-----BH>         
      From: Charles Meyer 
      [mailto:chaze@xxxxxxxx]BH>         
      Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:43 
      PMBH>         To: 
      realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBH>         
      Subject: Re: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND 
      GOLD....BH>         
      Simms-BH>         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,BH> depression 
      occurs..."BH>         
      Is the scenerio then EITHER inflationary depression OR deflationary 
      depression;BH>         
      assuming things got out of 
      hand?BH>         
      chasBH>           
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      BH>           
      From: M. Simms 
      BH>           To: 
      realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      BH>           
      Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:27 
      PMBH>           
      Subject: RE: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND 
      GOLD....BH>           
      DEPRESSION and DEFLATION not EXACTLY the 
      same......BH>           
      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.....BH>           
      BUT With a slower evolving deflationary scenario, all assets groups 
      decline......pricing power is 
      gone.BH>           
      This is why everyone is watching the housing market so 
      carefully.....BH>           
      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 isBH> less than the principal 
      on the mortgage 
      due.BH>           
      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.BH>           
      If they can't, wham, depression 
      occurs....BH>           
      if they do catch it in time, then massive inflation results with mortgage 
      holders and other creditors, the big 
      losers.BH>             
      -----Original 
      Message-----BH>             
      From: Charles Meyer 
      [mailto:chaze@xxxxxxxx]BH>             
      Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:39 
      AMBH>             
      To: REAL 
      TRADERSBH>             
      Subject: [RT] GEN: DEFLATION AND 
      GOLD....BH>             
      Group-BH>             
      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 thisBH> time around.  
      BH>             
      chasBH>             
      ==========================================================BH>             
      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 1888BH> through 1998. During the 
      depression, Homestake Shares appreciated very greatly despite the fact 
      that we experienced deflation rather than 
      inflation.BH>             
      BATRA: Did the price of Homestake rise right from the beginning 
      or...BH>             
      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 didBH> 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 hadBH> 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 JonesBH> Industrials, were 
      devastated.BH>             
      BATRA: Ok, what I am saying is that timing is important. Gold stocks are 
      also going to do very well. However, at this stage, my advice is to start 
      preparing yourself by buying goldBH> bullion. Then begin buying 
      gold shares the moment there is a whiff of inflation or when the market 
      begins to favor 
      them.BH>             
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