350Z's I Fund Thread JAN 08

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Reminder... Japan's markets will be closed Monday, Jan 14.
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I wish I had known that on Friday morning. I would have gone C or S instead. I wonder if that had anything to do with Barclay holding back on the obvious -FV on Friday. I've said numerous times that it makes no sense to do any FV on a Friday(or any day before a long break) where Japan was going to be off the next trading day.

Has Barclay gone ultra conservative and practical? Or was it because Thursday's +FV turned out to be a huge mistake since the markets tanked on Friday? Or maybe they were just watching my transfer to the I fund?:rolleyes:
 
350zCommTech said:
I wish I had known that on Friday morning. I would have gone C or S instead. I wonder if that had anything to do with Barclay holding back on the obvious -FV on Friday. I've said numerous times that it makes no sense to do any FV on a Friday(or any day before a long break) where Japan was going to be off the next trading day.

Has Barclay gone ultra conservative and practical? Or was it because Thursday's +FV turned out to be a huge mistake since the markets tanked on Friday? Or maybe they were just watching my transfer to the I fund?:rolleyes:
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I wish I would have known also, I will for on now though. I've got it taped to my file cabinet. :)
 
With Bernanke ready and willing while the ECB is hinting at a raise, the dollar should continue down.

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What's really bothering me is why didn't Ben cut on Thursday or Friday? Is he waiting for the big bad write down from Citi, on Tuesday morning?

On Tuesday, we have retail sales and PPI. Everybody already knows that Dec retail sales were terrible, except for Walmart, so it should not be news. PPI, on the other hand, is expected to drop after jumping last month. I think it will come in OK. How else could Ben hint at a .50% cut if PPI was going to be hot? Although, Ben's credibility is very weak, IMO.
 
350zCommTech said:
With Bernanke ready and willing while the ECB is hinting at a raise, the dollar should continue down.

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What's really bothering me is why didn't Ben cut on Thursday or Friday? Is he waiting for the big bad write down from Citi, on Tuesday morning?

On Tuesday, we have retail sales and PPI. Everybody already knows that Dec retail sales were terrible, except for Walmart, so it should not be news. PPI, on the other hand, is expected to drop after jumping last month. I think it will come in OK. How else could Ben hint at a .50% cut if PPI was going to be hot? Although, Ben's credibility is very weak, IMO.
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I don't know why Ben didn't cut last week but that is a sure sign that he either does know something or he is waiting on some Big Bad News.

If that ppi / cpi comes out Hot Watch Out. Ben will be much less inclined to Cut and if he does it will not be 50 basis points and 25 basis points IMO is already baked into the cake.

No matter what happens IMO There is lot's more bad news on the way. It will be interesting to see how earning's season starts off.

I see this week as being a Whipsaw action week and if your not on the right side of the fence it ain't going to be pretty.

Of course this is just my Opinion. Another scenario tomorrow could be everything stays in a tight trading range waiting on the PPI to start getting hardcore.

I've got a new bottle of Extra Strength Tums from Costco today, so I'll be popping them like Candy. :cool:
 
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For TSPSHAREHOLDER.ORG.

As of this writing (2:15 am.) we have 2,991 people who have signed the petition.

And we have our first REAL Wall Street investment banker who has sat up and taken notice of us. See the article at: http://www.planadviser.com/article.php/1655 It's not a great article in favor of our position- but it DOES recognize we exist- and that is the start.

Sometime today, I hope, the 3,000th person may be signing the petition. Myabe not today- but it could be today. We'll soon see.

Three thousand people who are willing to sign their name to stop this action. That's a lot of people. But only a tiny fraction of the number of Federal Workers and U.S. Service members, and retirees of all stripes, who will have their freedom and liberty restricted if this proposal goes through.

So I ask you again- Will you go tell your co-workers to come sign the petition today?

We're making a dent. We are raising our voices. We are speaking out for liberty and freedom. And we're getting noticed.

The way people's rights get taken away, is for people to LET THOSE WHO THINK THEY KNOW BETTER simply take them away without a fight.

What would our founding fathers say if they saw a small group of Thrift Board members today, suddenly quash the right to control one's own money? I would wager they would throw some tea into the harbor.

This is YOUR opportunity to throw some tea. Throw some tea bags at your co-workers, and tell them THEY should get on-board with the petition.

(Hey, now there's an idea. Maybe we should all send tea bags to our Congressmen, and to our Thrift Board, and to our ETAC. )
 
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