GregFokker Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 I FINALLY got my XP-Pro SP2 upgrade pushed out to me the other night. But, it IS disappointing: I have problems with cut-and-paste, sometimes, and the built-in POPUP blocker doesn't work worth stool. Go get Mozilla Firefox at www.mozilla.org. When it's installed (v. easy), get the "ad-blocker" extension and install that too. I promise it's the best browser you've ever used. I love it. Because I rely on the same 10 windows or so all the time and hate having to load the bookmarks each time, I've saved them all in a single bookmark folder and Firefox allows me to load all 10 with single keystroke in the tabbed browser. V. fast and convenient, with tons of tweaks and add-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustbowl Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 Thanks Greg. I'm glad to hear a good report on the TSX. Price ain't too bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregFokker Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 So are we going to start a thread on LOB on escape destinations? I will, if there are no takers, but I haven't a clue how to move the posts. anybody? Done. Right here in B4 the Bell to give us a tad more privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineup32 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 This little chart show just how wonderful things are. I see everyone took my advice and bought and bought and doubled up today. the market has new money coming in; INTC is holding up the chips and the Q's. I mostly scalp MXIM with my trading account and go long on energy stocks in my 401K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiding Bear Posted September 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 HB - Yes if you are the family of a RN you get a pass, B.C.'s coastal climate is moderate pretty much identical to Washington and Oregon. House prices aren't bad I'm sure you are looking at Vancouvers prices which are high like San francisco's but the Burbs, Surrey, Langley, Coquitlam etc are not and remember you would be using U.S. $'s with a 35% discount. Vancouver Island outside of Victoria prices are cheap and the scenery is spectacular, the Okanogan has summers like Arizona and moderate winters check out Kelowna, Penticton or Osooyos! Tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pee Brain Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 OK Pee Brain OK I'll adopt you. So stop sending me all those begging emails. By the way you should send me all your Gold before you come just in case. what begging emails? what do the newfies generally look like? thank you for the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiding Bear Posted September 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 As you relax tonight, give a thought to the grim plight of Mad Al. He is like a man adrift at sea with no fresh water. Let me explain. Al's running a $1.3 trillion commodity pool (the custody account). The commodity is U.S. Treasurys. Their prices are being pegged at 1.5% on the short end, and 4.2% on the long (10-year) end. However, there are two problems. And on that mournful note, I will hoist another beer -- to you, Mad Al! To your magnificent futility!! Well done. It will be impossible for this $1.3 trillion dollar/Treasury pool to expand fast enough to meet the expanding federal deficits. There are two constraints that will prevent the 'pool' from expanding fast enough - the amount of savings available in foreign countries - these are effectively transferred from the private savings within those foreign countries to the US through their particpation in the pool - and even more importantly the rapidly expanding budget deficit that creates debt faster than can be absorbed by the market at current interest rates. Or in other words - artifically low "pegged" Treasury bond rates (pegged by foreign central banks not the Fed) reduce demand so low that private lenders refuse to lend. They then seek alternative investments like the market, RE, and PMs. This pool may one day fall apart overnight or may somehow last another year or two. Outside observers wonder just how long this can go on: US Dollar May Devalue FurtherThursday 16 September 2004, 21:56 Makka Time, 18:56 GMT The dollar is likely to be devalued to deal with the booming trade deficit in the United States, raising the prospect of global financial instability. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a report on Thursday indicating the dollar's 20%devaluation against major currencies had so far failed to provide "much of a stimulus" to the US economy. The deficit was forecast to grow further in 2004, while the impact of expansionary monetary policy in the US will be limited by the inflationary impact of rising oil prices, according to UNCTAD. Until recently, European countries would have seen a brisker growth in demand that would have reduced the gap with the US economy and improved the chances of reducing the US deficit "without a major depreciation", Flassbeck added. "I think the time now is over. Sooner or later it is going to happen." UNCTAD estimated that the US current account deficit would reach about six to seven percent of gross domestic product this year. The US has been pressing China to float its currency and allow a rise in the yuan and relieve some of the US trade deficit. But Flassbeck urged China not to float the yuan and "not to give in to international pressure because the result would be totally uncontrollable". http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?...4/09/17/2339039 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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