tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5954829056880830930..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: More helpless Fed hypothesisIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58635177808786689352008-01-28T17:46:00.000-05:002008-01-28T17:46:00.000-05:00Thanks Stoneleigh for the backup, several people h...Thanks Stoneleigh for the backup, several people here in lotus land need a bit of a waking up and I don't have the background to ring that bell.<BR/><BR/>I did find this today about Canada from Merrill Lynch:<BR/><BR/> <B>RPT-Bay Street Week Ahead-Darker clouds dot the horizon</B> (Reuters)<BR/><BR/> But some forecasters, including David Wolf, chief Canadian economist at Merrill Lynch, have saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33665077065883616512008-01-28T11:58:00.000-05:002008-01-28T11:58:00.000-05:00Great read ilargi. Stumbled over hear from the Oil...Great read ilargi. Stumbled over hear from the Oil Drum and here to stay. Thanks very much for all your work.<BR/><BR/>One thing i can't get away from is the sinking feeling that all this stimulus is akin to throwing more gas on a fire. Sure its wet, but ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39111006863613515652008-01-28T10:19:00.000-05:002008-01-28T10:19:00.000-05:00Hi Crystal Radio,IMO Canada is beginning to feel t...Hi Crystal Radio,<BR/><BR/>IMO Canada is beginning to feel the pinch, but is still lagging behind the US. There was a headline in my local paper the other day wondering if the sudden slowdown in the real estate market might be a result of bad weather last month. Talk about being completely unaware of what's going on in the rest of the world!<BR/><BR/>Our branch plant economy in eastern Canada Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36437119179894221582008-01-28T10:17:00.000-05:002008-01-28T10:17:00.000-05:00ilargi et al,now you get us hooked in this enterta...ilargi et al,<BR/><BR/>now you get us hooked in this entertainment, please don't let us hanging here without revealing the whole plot. we saw the pump-dump so far, but what will be the end game?<BR/><BR/>thanks for such interesting entertainment at such interesting time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34115472506686569252008-01-28T09:47:00.000-05:002008-01-28T09:47:00.000-05:00If I am correct in assuming that the 'big players,...If I am correct in assuming that the 'big players,' those that command billions of bucks, have vastly superior information re: money, then the recent Gulf of Tonkin, er, Hormuz incident slots into my tinfoil hat scenario nicely. A war would have hidden the economic wreckage nicely.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Automatic Earth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12055817441587234502008-01-28T09:26:00.000-05:002008-01-28T09:26:00.000-05:00Illargi, thanks for writing so clearly about a sub...Illargi, thanks for writing so clearly about a subject that has become such a necessity to understand. I am, thanks to you both, now finding it quite interesting despite it's ominous implications.<BR/><BR/>One thing I would like understand more clearly, as most of the news in all this is necessarily dominated by the US, is a clearer idea of how Canada will be affected in aspect, timing and degreeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39628442135798570222008-01-28T08:50:00.000-05:002008-01-28T08:50:00.000-05:00I'm here, but I'm not as prolific as ilargi. He's ...I'm here, but I'm not as prolific as ilargi. He's a high energy individual who's hard to keep up with :)<BR/><BR/>I definitely agree with ilargi on the failures of the education system (by which I mean the curriculum, not the people who deliver it). I've often had to redress economic propaganda masquerading as fact in my children's textbooks.<BR/><BR/>Where Ilargi and I differ is on the matter Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39143433819748072912008-01-28T08:14:00.000-05:002008-01-28T08:14:00.000-05:00I guess I'm not convinced either way as to how muc...I guess I'm not convinced either way as to how much power the Fed really has and how much of that power is fundamental liquidity injection and how much is purely psychological. What I think I know is this; they've blown through about a third of whatever ammunition they might have with the federal funds rate. And it seems as though these rate decreases are met with ever diminishing effects, at Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42225775386947558512008-01-28T02:12:00.000-05:002008-01-28T02:12:00.000-05:00Asia as I prepare to head to bed:Shanghai Composit...Asia as I prepare to head to bed:<BR/><BR/>Shanghai Composite 4,449.59 1:38AM ET Down 312.10 (6.55%)<BR/>Hang Seng 23,791.95 1:54AM ET Down 1,330.42 (5.30%)<BR/>BSE 30 17,548.41 1:54AM ET Down 813.25 (4.43%)<BR/>Jakarta Composite 2,562.73 2:09AM ET Down 57.77 (2.20%)<BR/>Nikkei 225 13,087.91 1:00AM ET Down 541.25 (3.97%)<BR/>NZSE 50 3,710.32 Jan 27 Down 18.83 (0.50%)<BR/>Straits Times 3,018.81 6:Greyzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675706201111951125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38944959654212287542008-01-28T00:45:00.000-05:002008-01-28T00:45:00.000-05:00Just want you guys to know I am a lurker and thank...Just want you guys to know I am a lurker and thank you very much for your hard work. Can you tell if you are getting much traffic through some sort of blogspot control panel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75342311739834865582008-01-27T22:48:00.000-05:002008-01-27T22:48:00.000-05:00Great work, ilargi. Are you watching the Asian ma...Great work, ilargi. Are you watching the Asian market tonight? Down about 385 so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80202528824416447332008-01-27T22:02:00.000-05:002008-01-27T22:02:00.000-05:00Following yesterday's comments on the role educati...Following yesterday's comments on the role education played in getting us into this mess:<BR/><BR/>At high school, I studied English, Maths,Chemistry,Physics,Music and History.<BR/><BR/>Funnily enough I don't recall a subject called "Scams and Swindles" or "Money and How to Keep it". Such subjects weren't offered. <BR/><BR/>English and Maths were compulsory because apparently everyone needs to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com