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I just finished a book that describes what could
happen in a full financial meltdown. It's a novel by James Cook called "Full
Faith & Credit". Pretty scary but enlightening reading.
In that vain, could some of you share your strategy
for asset protection and profit should such an unwinding happen.I don't have one
yet but am beginning the planning and would appreciate the thoughts of
others.
Jim
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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:18
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Subject: Re: [RT] crude oil at 13 year
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This conspiracy stuff has been discussed on
this forum going back to the early bubble years in the mid-90's, and back then
I subscribed to that theory too. I also believed that the government was
actively involved in propping up the stock market but after seeing what
happened to the markets since the bubble popped I no longer believe that
either.
I think the questionable economic numbers we
get are due mostly, if not completely, to the normal inefficiency and
incompetence you get out of any massive bureaucracy. Doesn't "CPI
excluding food and energy" sound a lot like "EPS of xx cents excluding one
time charges that recur every quarter"? How about the headline Labor
number we get every month that doesn't include independent contractors or the
self-employed? But there's a Household number that does include that
number which is rarely mentioned, however I suspect there are problems with
how that number is calculated too.
The other item that argues against any
meaningful "cooking of the books" is that these massive government agencies
are comprised of people from both parties, albeit mostly democrats. So
it's hard to imagine they could maintain a "cover-up" year after year and
through different administrations. This would be especially true for a
republican administration since the media would be in an orgasmic frenzy to
cover such a story.
I share the longer term negative view on the
equity markets being expressed on this forum, but it's not because of any
government conspiracy....it's because of what has transpired in previous
post-bubble periods and the length of time it took to truly and fully recover
from a financial bubble (15-20 years).
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Subject: [RT] crude oil at 13 year
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Hello
this will filter into higher manufacture
cost, transportation, and airlines,
(good shorts,)
corporate earnings will decrease as cost
increase,
gov stats on inflation today
phony,
payroll employment
decreasing,
they are keeping the # nice until
elections,
then will drop the bomb with REAL
numbers
Ben
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