iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA)

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    Trader Vic
    Oct 09 11:27 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Vancan, so why even bother to post or read the charts if you don't believe it has any merit or value in the first place? What a waste of your time and this space. Reply
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    Vancan
    Oct 09 01:46 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Oh, please! W. Buffet would take all those nice looking charts, shuffle them, glued them end-to-end, turn the resulting super-chart upside down, and see that it was just as predictive as any of them or the whole lot of them or the flip of a fair coin. Its no wonder we have bubbles. Reply
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    jack dee
    Oct 08 04:40 PM
    S&P 500 Safety Over 5-Year and 10-Year Periods [view article]
    We must be getting close to some kind of a bottom. Everyone is Neg and everyone is talking about the big drawn out bear.

    Could it be the age profile of peopl writing these stories is such that this would be a nightmare?

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    chrispycrunc
    h
    Oct 08 11:35 AM
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    S&P 500 Safety Over 5-Year and 10-Year Periods [view article]
    A thorough analysis. I like the point you make about statistics being useful for two sides of a story. Reply
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    blackbody
    Oct 08 07:12 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    The Rome is burning ... Reply
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    Ben Dinsmore
    Oct 08 07:11 AM
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    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Mr g,

    That wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Very similar to what they did after 9/11.

    Intervention of some sort is inevitable.     Reply
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    mr.g
    Oct 08 06:59 AM
    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    I dont think the govt will actually purchase stocks to stop the slide -but it wouldnt surprise me if they closed markets at this point while they fix some seriously screwed up fundamentals - at the same time closing banks across the nation and limiting ATM withdrawals -
    If they do it they will load the deck for a rally when the market reopens     Reply
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    Ben Dinsmore
    Oct 08 05:31 AM
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    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    3 Trillion is a lot of money to be out of this market! I hope that some of it begins moving back in soon. I have 20+ years before retirement, but I feel bad for those who are (or will be retiring soon) Reply
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    Ben Dinsmore
    Oct 08 05:29 AM
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    Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Blaming the government and mortgage lenders for the current financial meltdown, is akin to blaming McDonalds or the candy aisle at Wal*Mart for making us fat. Yes they offer the product for sale, but ultimately we have the choice of whether or not to buy it.

    With the exception of those families who truly faced financial hardships beyond their control (medical emergencies, jobloss, etc.), a significant number of American Families willingly positioned themselves within a paycheck or two of bankruptcy due to their own greed.
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    YR Dog
    Oct 07 11:49 PM
    Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Two comments today.

    One is just about all of my short ETFs are gone. I put very high limits on them, most above any previous rocket high, and almost all have been taken out. Its like watching a rocket punch up and hand you some money.. So I am now waiting for the next dead cat bounce or sucker rally or whatever it will be to load up on Ultra short ETFs.

    Two, are we going to see deflation or inflation. After reading some history from 1929 to 1933, after the banks seized up, prices of just about everything went down... Not hard to imagine if no one is buying. Seems like that mentality is starting to take hold now. I am not sure what gold will do if there is deflation now. Back in the 1930's currencies were rolling off the gold standard and then Uncle Bucky seized all the gold in the USA so we cannot look to that as a lesson. I certainly agree with the billions soon to be trillions pumping out the Fed window, there has to be a dilution of the buck and many argue for inflation. Right now, my instinct tells me that deflation is just around the corner.. and capitalism does not work well in deflation, nothing to feed the greed. This could be back to Hobbs natural state where life is "short, nasty and brutish". How long can you make a living shorting the market?
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    PelicanPete
    Oct 07 08:33 PM
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    Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    I am voting for Hoover! Reply
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    wmh
    Oct 07 08:29 PM
    Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    David, Thanks for sharing your work. Any chance you can track SLV and share some insights.

    TIA -wmh     Reply
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    kmca1989
    Oct 07 06:24 PM
    Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    question: what tool do you use to create trend lines and mark your charts? Reply
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    Socialism
    cannot
    compete!
    Oct 07 05:23 PM
    Global Market Roundup: Will the Bailout Work? [view article]
    @Bill James: grammar check, please!

    @Shiv: "take time to work its magic"?? There is no magic to it. And it will not work. That was a scam, a farce...it serves only the banks and to further indenture the people, by handing over yet more control to the government. The real solution? Massive cuts to government and massive TAX CUTS. I'm not talking 5% or even 10%. I'm talking, cut the federal government to the core, and a flat tax never to exceed 10% on *anyone*. That is just...and it's overdue. Sooner or later enough people will wake up and demand it. This economic situation may just be the time that it happens. Hopefully!!     Reply
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    Right in
    San
    Francisco
    Oct 07 12:54 PM
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    Monetary Madness: Global Margin Call Underway [view article]
    Some good comments today:
    1. User 257960: Inflation is driven by money supply plus credit. If credit is way down, money supply can be way up. Lets just hope that Bernanke knows when to reverse course.
    2. Alex S: We are a huge debtor, and we control the world currency. We will prefer inflation. A key insight.
    3. All indicators like the Great Depression? Very bad history. Farm incomes are great; unemployment is modest by historical standards; there have been few bank failures. We have been fixing the bubble in housing prices and the effects of lousy discipline in the financial system; the stock market is down - painfully, but not extraordinarily. It will be painful, but it is just demagogery to say it is the Great Depression.

    It would seem from the strength of the dollar and low long term interest rates that the markets believe that Bernanke will get it right. If you believe otherwise, short the dollar and long term bonds.     Reply
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