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"I am very interested in even one person on this site who has any kind of educated answer as to how a synchronous global central bank financial collapse would occur."]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:47:25 -0500
"I am very interested in even one person on this site who has any kind of educated answer as to how a synchronous global central bank financial collapse would occur."]]> http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/20895?source=feed#comment-445652 445652 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:52:43 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/127016-the-rally-is-at-a-crossroads?source=feed#comment-435690 435690
For those less astute or alert, like myself, just how did they get rid of mark-to-market so covertly? And who is "they?"]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:58:09 -0400
For those less astute or alert, like myself, just how did they get rid of mark-to-market so covertly? And who is "they?"]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/125271-hedges-against-inflation-commodities-gold-and-inflation-linked-bonds-jpm?source=feed#comment-422603 422603
I had the same question, which I recently posed to iShares. Here is there reply, dated 2/24/09:

"With regard to your request, the TIP fund is closely tied to the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U). Specifically the fund tracks this indicator on a two month lag. This government indicator of inflation greatly influences our distributions for this fund. During inflationary periods the value of the underlying bonds appreciates and this appreciation is liquidated and then passed on to the investor as a distribution, as you may have noticed with the large distributions which occurred this summer. Currently, we are in a deflationary period and the November distribution reflects the CPI-U for the month of August which came out with a negative value. When CPI-U is negative the value of the underlying bonds will depreciate in value and this depreciation may offset the amount we have available to liquidate and distribute for that particular month. This was the case in the month of November 2008 through February 2009 and the reason why there was no distribution. As long as CPI-U continues indicating a deflationary environment, our TIP fund may continue to have a very low or even zero monthly distributions until we return to an inflationary period. The yields which appear on our website will give you an indicator of what has been distributed, but are not good indicators of what distributions will be going forward. A look at the CPI-U figures will give you a more accurate sentiment of the expected distribution, until CPI-U returns to a positive amount indicating inflation this fund may not distribute any cash flow."]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:06:36 -0400
I had the same question, which I recently posed to iShares. Here is there reply, dated 2/24/09:

"With regard to your request, the TIP fund is closely tied to the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U). Specifically the fund tracks this indicator on a two month lag. This government indicator of inflation greatly influences our distributions for this fund. During inflationary periods the value of the underlying bonds appreciates and this appreciation is liquidated and then passed on to the investor as a distribution, as you may have noticed with the large distributions which occurred this summer. Currently, we are in a deflationary period and the November distribution reflects the CPI-U for the month of August which came out with a negative value. When CPI-U is negative the value of the underlying bonds will depreciate in value and this depreciation may offset the amount we have available to liquidate and distribute for that particular month. This was the case in the month of November 2008 through February 2009 and the reason why there was no distribution. As long as CPI-U continues indicating a deflationary environment, our TIP fund may continue to have a very low or even zero monthly distributions until we return to an inflationary period. The yields which appear on our website will give you an indicator of what has been distributed, but are not good indicators of what distributions will be going forward. A look at the CPI-U figures will give you a more accurate sentiment of the expected distribution, until CPI-U returns to a positive amount indicating inflation this fund may not distribute any cash flow."]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/98652-long-gold-and-silver-a-lifeline-for-struggling-hedge-funds?source=feed#comment-275297 275297
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will double its auctions of cash to banks to as much as $900 billion and is considering further steps to unfreeze short-term lending markets as the credit crunch deepens.

That Term Auctio Facility amount looks like it will need to be increased to $900 Billion.

Chump change.]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:48:22 -0400
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will double its auctions of cash to banks to as much as $900 billion and is considering further steps to unfreeze short-term lending markets as the credit crunch deepens.

That Term Auctio Facility amount looks like it will need to be increased to $900 Billion.

Chump change.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92984-oil-price-helps-trusts-sustain-current-rate-of-distribution?source=feed#comment-241029 241029 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:16:13 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/91295-time-to-pull-the-trigger-on-four-oil-service-stocks?source=feed#comment-232715 232715 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:52:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83511-two-moves-to-make-as-the-fed-inflates-the-commodities-bubble?source=feed#comment-197342 197342 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:57:10 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81863-agribusiness-etf-moo-stock-holdings?source=feed#comment-188826 188826 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:46:18 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81494-spike-in-bond-yield-challenges-stocks?source=feed#comment-186825 186825 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:12:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/58789-gold-glitters-as-we-usher-in-2008?source=feed#comment-107894 107894 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:26:29 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/58789-gold-glitters-as-we-usher-in-2008?source=feed#comment-107893 107893 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:24:18 -0500