iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond (SHY)

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  • commenter
    flow5
    Jan 23 10:00 AM
    Why Tuesday's Surprise Rate Cut Won't Cut It [view article]
    Commercial Banks as a system don’t loan out anything. They create money when they make loans
    Money creation is not self-regulating
    You can’t take money out of the banking system (only the FED can)
    Savings transferred through the intermediaries never leaves the CB system. The intermediaries are the customers of the CBs.
    Savings held within the commercial banking system are lost to investment or to any other type of expenditure.
    From the standpoint of the economy the banks shouldn’t pay for something they already have. Payments on savings raise all interest rates, induce disintermediation among the financial intermediaries, shrink real-gdp, & decrease CB profits.
    The solution to our non-bank problem is to get the money creating depository institutions out of the savings business. Dah. Try reviewing 1966.
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    David White
    Jan 23 09:50 AM
    Why Tuesday's Surprise Rate Cut Won't Cut It [view article]
    I'm sure it is not this simple. However, what you have said provides a very interesting perspective. Also I tend to agree that Bernanke has lagged the market much more than Greenspan. I think he got into trouble at the beginning. He raised one too many times to show he was tough on inflation. Then he compounded that by being slow to cut rates. His job is not an easy one though. It is much easier to take shots at him than to be in his position. We could do a lot worse than Ben Bernanke. Reply
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    eddy
    Jan 22 10:37 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    Today, I'm going for both mediocre! Reply
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    Alpha Seeker
    Jan 22 10:34 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    Are you trading or writing?
    It's impossible to do both well.
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    Stephen Ngai
    Jan 22 09:57 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    It helps but a couple days late.

    If Mr. Bernanke announced this 0.75% rate cut last week, there might not be the Monday & Tuesday global market melt down especially Japan, India & Hong Kong.

    I hate the set up of this melt down by those institutions.
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    Reinko
    Jan 22 09:15 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    With 14 minutes to go until the trading session starts one thing is clear: Bernanke is a coward and a weasel. Why not sell the guy to the Iraqis? Reply
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    Frank Li
    Jan 22 09:07 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    Looks like the Bloomberg story on Yahoo was based on this:
    seekingalpha.com/artic...
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    Long-Short
    Guy
    Jan 22 08:59 AM
    Fed Cuts by 0.75% to 3.5% [view article]
    Very perceptive comment! Reply
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    Long-Short
    Guy
    Jan 22 08:55 AM
    The Fed Capitulates, But Will It Help? [view article]
    Emergency rate cuts don't instil confidence. They point to panic. Reply
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    Vladimir
    Senkov
    Jan 22 08:49 AM
    Fed Cuts by 0.75% to 3.5% [view article]
    "Alarmed by a weakening U.S. economic outlook and deteriorating credit and financial markets . . ."
    I wish this was true. but the timing of this move suggests that the FED was alarmed by the sell off on the markets rather than economic outlook. If this was tied to economic outlook, he would have acted after getting some kind of an economic report, no?     Reply
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    Thinking
    ahead
    Jan 11 10:02 AM
    ETF Fund Flows (Week Ending 1/4/08) [view article]
    I don't know. But here is my guess: the short is done with futures (or options when no future market exists), with the bulk of funds in tbills against possible drawdowns. My guess is based on the surprisingly large dividend that some of these short ETF's pay. Hopefully, somebody who knows the answer will tell both of us. Thanks in advance. Reply
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    TheWongMan
    Jan 11 09:16 AM
    ETF Fund Flows (Week Ending 1/4/08) [view article]
    Participants will deliver/receive the underlying securities of the ETF when creating/redeeming an ETF. Does anyone know what ETF specialists deliver/receive when they create/redeem on an ultra long/short ETF?
    Thanks     Reply
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    TheWongMan
    Jan 11 09:12 AM
    ETF Fund Flows (Week Ending 1/4/08) [view article]
    Typically, participants will deliver the underlying securities of an ETF to create or receive underlying securities when redeeming. But does anyone know what ETF specialists deliver/create when create/redeem on an ultra short / long ETF? Reply
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    Kunst
    Jan 07 03:45 PM
    The Incredible Lightness of Being (Employed) [view article]
    Lefty-

    I think we're already at war and up to our eyeballs in debt. This time, that may be part of the problem rather than the solution. And I sure don't see any FDR around. (Although he ran on a very different -- conservative -- platform in 1932 than what he actually wound up doing.)

    RonPaulFan-

    I'm betting against commodities (SMN) for now, as a worldwide recession will do nothing good for demand. After the downturn, commodities (especially oil) will be the big winner for a long time.

    At least your guy has some connection to reality. That does make him unique among the candidates, just not electable.     Reply
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    lefty
    Jan 07 06:49 AM
    The Incredible Lightness of Being (Employed) [view article]
    The afore mentioned SPIRAL started several years ago. Now approching critical mass. There is one, and only one answer. To find out, research how we came out of the 1929 recession. Reply

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