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IMF Prepares For "Threat To International Monetary System"
Back in April 2010, before Waddell and Reed sold a few shares of ES, effectively destroying the market on news that Europe was insolvent, we made the following observation: "The IMF has just announced that it is expanding its New Arrangement to Borrow (NAB) multilateral facility from its existing $50 billion by a whopping $500 billion (SDR333.5 billion), to $550 billion." Little did we know that our conclusion "something big must be coming" would prove spot on just a month later after Greece, then Ireland, then Portgual, and soon Spain, Italy, Belgium, and pretty much all other European countries would topple like dominoes tethered together by a flawed monetary regime. Well, based on news from Dow Jones we can now safely predict the following: "something bigger must be coming." As if the IMF's trillions in open lending facilities (many of which have recently been adjusted to uncapped) were not enough, we now learn that the world lender of last resort (which in theory is the Fed, but apparently Bernanke has been getting a little shy lately so is offsetting his direct lending directives to secondary organizations like the IMF, leaving the Fed with only USD liquidity swaps) is about to activate a "Special Funding Pool" - Dow Jones explains: "The International Monetary Fund is expected to soon activate a special funding pool that will boost the fund's ability to prevent or resolve economic crises, two people familiar with the situation said Thursday. One of the people said the activation of the funding--which can only be made by a special request from the IMF managing director to the board--was in anticipation of an expected wave of new IMF programs, including the possible expansion of the Greek bailout package." Wonderful. Global financial cataclysm rinse repeat all over again...
More from Dow Jones:
Activating access to the funding pool could provide assurance to the market of the IMF's ability to backstop any major funding crisis amid ongoing fears that Europe's sovereign debt woes will worsen. The IMF board recently approved a boost to the so-called New Arrangements To Borrow, bringing the special pool of funding to around $580 billion, adding several hundred billion dollars to the total amount the fund has to tap. According to the IMF, the pool of supplementary resources are only to be activated when "needed to forestall or cope with a threat to the international monetary system."
Although no request has been made, markets, analysts and economists say rejection by the Portuguese parliament Wednesday of a belt-tightening budget all but sealed the likelihood Lisbon will request aid from the IMF and the European Union.
Bottom line: there is a new threat to the international monetary system which means Europe May 2010 redux is imminent.
US taxpayers: our condolences.
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too late.
Hasn't the "IMF will save the world since the Fed can't" meme been obvious from the start?
Yup, it's why they have tagged along in all the EU bailouts.Grab them all by the balls and then finally drop America. I suspect Spain and maybe Italy have to be tamed and then the circle will be complete.
Thank god I'm not a U.S tax payer.
-Tim Geithner
US Treasury Sec.
last two days, March 23 and 24 - HUGE volumes selling VIX Futures, but ONLY front-end April,May, back-end after May volume was elevated, but not unusual. Was it just unwinding, or something bigger ?
Hey, this is a financial blog! You can't ask questions like that.
BRING IT!
I will be one of the ones fighting it out in the streets for liberty!
Death to the Fascist Overloards!
I look forward to seeing you on utube
I have been to liberty rallies before (none violent yet)... It's just hard when I go with my boyfriend or a group of good friends because no one wants to film, they would rather participate.
For when the dollar collapses SHTF and the US desends into chaos:
I have training. Own firearms and know how to use them.
I am prepared to fight and die for what I believe!
Maybe you should just go play Angry Birds....
Oh please, I know what I said. I meant it.
I care about America, sorry
Blythe dont let the talking monkeys wearing wire rim glasses try to put you down.
Nerds? lol.
love ya sheepdog!
This is Fight Club. I prepared for the rough comments, debates and junking.
Learn so much here. My economics class is so boring. Thanks to ZH I have been giving my Professor a very hard time!
My professor thinks chairsatan, the bernank, is a genious! One time him and I just went back and forth for basically the entire class!
You probably already know more than the PHD's about real economics.
good because she can teach all of her buddies when she is permanently enjoying her residence in a FEMA Camp.
Idiot.
Fight with some sense, you'll last longer. OPSEC much?
Cindy's correct, IMO.
A low profile - very under the radar - would serve the prudent well.
People would be wise to realize that George Washington relied on a vast array of colonialists, who were thought to be very allegiant to the Crown, in order to obtain the information and intelligence on British logisitics, troop movements and other such matter, without which there would have been no United States.
did she say, 'a hard time'?
Low profile??? Truth in Sunshine, don't be a fucking idiot. All of us...those who come for sport and those who truly come here because they care are all flagged. You and your "tendencies" are known. Your lack of governmental support is well documented. Every trip to ZH, every comment, every check around the blogosphere. It all creates a clear profile. There are reams of info on all of us now...anybody that uses the internet is fully KNOWN.
There is no low profile...but you just sit and stick your head in the sand w/ some PM's and wait til it's your turn. We are all known and either we jump the shark or wait for the inevitable.
What I'm saying is that it's my opinion that the prepared should blend in until such time as they are no longer able to.
There's little good reason to call attention to oneself, and put a mark on your chest, until it's fight or flight time.
Part of the game of survival is evade, escape and resist, but the resist part doesn't kick in until the first two have failed.
Words of wisdom my friend. Eurasian fellow inmates should check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INDECT
There are a variety of ways to fly well under the radar and maintain anonymity while using any resource, including the net.
Innovate and think outside the box.
It's good strategy to be an optimist, however it's not such good strategy to be an optimist while using unverified assumptions. And worse, usually no plan survives first contact with a hostile reality.
Truth - when will you know it's time to stand up? Time to come out?
You should know better than to be attending school. Unless you want to graduate with honors as a certified docile serf.
Go hard, girl (or go home)! You are a credit to the thinking half of the board.
Just be aware that your biggest danger will come from your fellow slaves saying: "Hush now, missy ... lest the massa hear you!". They will do far more to try to silence you than the master will (he couldn't give a shit, he's got more important business to conduct).
The trouble is when do you know it's time to fight
When the ATF comes knocking on your door would be a hint.
REMEMBER WACO!
You have officially been labeled TERRORIST in the eyes of the Government of the United States of America.
Oh I fully expect that! Just read the MIAC report, this govt classifies you as a terrorist if you believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, own a gun, believe in secure borders...dont you know they call basically ALL of us terrorists??
They can label us as they wish, people who believe in these things are real Americans, and Patriots.
They label us, we label them, except when we label them it's the gospel.
It's called traitors.
Ah, don't you see? Terrorists get rounded up and put in camps.
So do ALL visitors to places like ZH ... the borg doesn't have the time (or the interest) to determine whether you are an activist or a collaborator, so in you will go with the rest of us. Bags the top bunk!
See you in the camps.
Time for your re-education. Please report to your nearest FEMA detention center as soon as possible.
Honorable. No sarcasm is intended and none should be inferred.
On the other hand, mostly futile. These people have not hesitated to stage world wars resulting in the death of tens and tens of millions. The physical aspect is simply the most obvious manifestation. The real power rested in certain people being devious and many being ignorant. It is no surprise they are making their final move now. The clock is ticking and it is not in their favor as long as the internet exists.
If 100 million people visited ZH on a daily basis, the "dark cloud" would simply melt away. This is about knowledge, not weapons.
clank clank I am a tank ..
I'm with ya BB. I once thought that I had to much to loose but I now believe I have so much to fight for. Second that BRING IT!
know your enemy
+37.31
I'm always ready to kill a banker or two , when and where
TYLER, for the love of fuck, will you please delete the homicidal comments. Remember that Turner guy who got take out by The Man, for similar nonsense? You better start thinking about this. Seriously.
Which BTW, clowntards, the best way to kill ZH is to keep making homicidal comments.
I love that phrase, for the love of fuck. That's my new favorite, edging "fucktard" from it's long-running place at the top.
You liberals are sooooo funny ... immediately calling for censorship of any comment outside your centrally planned group-think! Why don't you also call him/her a racist for good measure?
Tyler knows the score.
junked you too.. for failing to see the big picture. this is not about liberals or conservatives, or censorship or groupthink. this is about preserving what little credability we have managed to hold on to for all these years.
You mean these two years? And yes, it was about censorship and groupthink.
Thanks. I was beginning to think that nobody reads any of my posts any more! Junks set my mind at rest.
I have been strangely fixated on Snoopy's deep sleep. I wish I could sleep that well at night.
Agreed - much better to kindly suggest that banker-gangsters do the responsible thing for once and kill THEMSELVES. After all, we've bailed them out enough as it is. Why should we also bear the burden of helping them rest peacefully?
Not to mention, it's tough to get brains out of clothing. Even little ones.
Gotta have something to hate, right? I just hope you don't have road-rage too. Seems to be an American thing, this need to hate. That's what scares me the most if we do have a collapse. It's always cowboys and indians in America. I'm sure you've got your guns and ammo.
Over-react much? Strangely, you didn't say anything about the wars in MENA or any of the million and one other atrocities around the globe. I think a quote from Dune is appropriate here:
junked you.. it's comments like these that destroy the credibility of all dissenting voices. with one line you've muted the voices of thousands.
shame on you
" They will take you to the glue factory"
risk trade back on..
So...it's time dump what's left of my war chest into REIT put options?
Yes. Get the parents and grandparents money too...
Hopefully, you jest
Why? What difference will it make in the long run? REITs can stay at these obital levels forever...right? Uhhh...right? I mean, they just magically bounced back again today on vapor volumes after starting their slide into the abyss (again, as everyday).
I'm so lost.
You'll know when it time to short these things, if you really must. Let them crack hard, right now they are a bull-hinckey BET. Buy undervalued assets (nat gas was unloved for a while) or PMs on dips. REITs are the play things of the gods right now - like JNK or SRS. Wait, armagedon 2 will come soon enough.
No worries. New world architect will save us. (Insert deity here) help us all.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20091108a1.html
http://ineteconomics.org/initiatives/conferences/bretton-woods
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/business/26sorkin.html?_r=1&dbk
"but has not yet transformed our system of regulation or our tools of policy intervention". The guest list for the "new" bretton woods reads like a list of economic cock-suckers....can't wait til ghyrgyz schwartz looses a boatload in GLD! And command and control will die (for the time being)
When the real reckoning begins, even the IMF will not be able to stop the inevitable collapse of the international monetary system. One failed system built upon another flawed system will only help to expedite the necessary purging of rot and corruption.
Hey Aldo, got an eta on that unwind?
I hope everyone realizes that Libya is a practice "dry" run of ceding American sovereignty to the NWO, and especially control of the US military to the Globalists.
Now let's hear it for the IMF and BIS.
I thought the same thing. Sure looks that way.
NATO exercise dressed up as a cat in dog suit.
You're expecting the US Military - the only decent institution left in the government - who swears aligence to the constitution to submit to a NWO. Not gonna happen.
"the US Military - the only decent institution left in the government"
That is HANDS DOWN the funniest shit I have read in months.
They will demolish the NWO rat fuckers you must remember soldiers are trained to kill and doesn't matter who the enemy is.
They have had control of the military and government for a long time. Their symbols are everywhere, just have to pay attention.
Soldiers are trained to follow orders without question and to not think.
I hardly find that to be an encouraging combination...particularly when they are armed and clueless.
It's God, country, and family,,,,,,,,,,,, and in that order. Now change God to morals, and you'll have it. Men will do what they think they have to do. The key words are men & think.
Being a man, you have the order in reverse. My kids are more important to me than country, God, silver, or whatever else anyone thinks is important. I would die defending them. The rest of this bullshit is exactly that, bullshit.
There are no good politicians and never will be. My Dad was a WWII paratrooper who saw more shit than most in the war and his only words of advice about war is that there is no truth from our leaders. I don't know what the solution is to all this crap but I'm ready with my fucking guns to take care of my family to the end. I do think there are a lot of brilliant people on this site but I honestly believe that we are going to see more violence than the educated on here ever talk about.
One last thing, can someone please post a site where it explains the difference between loose, lose, lost, and losses. Did half the fucking people on here ever talk fucking english.
A man will leave his family to defend his country. I know because I was in the Florida National Guard in 1968. My unit was called to active duty, and I was sent to Vietnam. I did not support the war, but did support my form of government. It's like paying taxes. One does not agree on some of the ways the money is spent, but one takes the good with the bad (pays the whole tax bill). Anyway; I was wounded twice in combat. My wife (of 44 years) and I have four grand kids now. I'm here trying to learn a little, because I too fear the fate of the dollar.
One last thing; What is with all this profanity? Can that many people not express them selves with out using it?
Don't be too sure about that whole "Constitution" thing - last I checked the last handfull of US wars were unconstitutional by any measurement.
A good indicator of a fascist nation is when its people obey orders, not laws. The US has been fascist for many, many years. Perhaps its brand of fascism is more subtle, I don't know.
"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy."
Henry Kissinger - as quoted in the book "The Final Days" (chapter 14) by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
If you have a social security number you are a Federal citizen , so you are not protected by the constitution
Actually, someone sent me a new TRADOC manual about the Persistent War and the Professional Army - They are now telling the officers they are to 'Defend Human Rights' not 'just in the United States' but 'Human Rights everywhere'. I haven't read the whole mess yet, but I wonder if they have changed the oath to defend the Constitution? For example, the Officer who executed the order to fire on Libya was following an illegal order - no different than a German soldier in WWII ordered to shoot civilian Jews. The Officer Corps of the United States must stand up now to the illegal Executive Branch orders, or resign commissions rather than follow illegal orders.
The Constitution does not allow the US Military to be used as a mercenary force of the UN or the Rothchilds or any other Non-US power. At this point, they are cowards. Willing to face the enemy, but not loss of career or job.
There still exists honorable men in the upper echelon of the military. Their allegiance lies with the US Constitution. These men represent a real hope for restoration of the republic.
And let's not forget Ron Paul...
I don't get the fascination with Ron Paul. Here's a guy that's been in the House for a fairly long time. Yes, he says some interesting things, but has he been able to follow through on much? Where's the audit of the Fed? Where's Glass-steagal? Etc. I know he's just one vote among many, but I wonder if he's a weak-shill. And I very much doubt that he's the change we are all looking for...
Run for Congress. Saddle up and show us how it's done. Tough guy like you will have Wall Street and the crony capitalists licked first day on the job, solve the budget crisis on the second, on the 3rd solve unemployment, win all the wars on the 4th day. Then you can retire early. After all how hard could it be to solve every problem?
Errrr ... impossible, if you're going to attempt it through Congress.
Wow, so much vitriol for my relatively short question and statement.
All I am saying is that Ron Paul has been in and out of Congress since 1976. I do not believe he is the messiah that will save us from Big Government and economic ruin. If he does gain momentum, fantastic. But I am not sitting back and waiting from him to come down from the heavens...
I do not think change will come from inside Congress.
He de only change possible, bro.
Here in Kentucky, my adopted state, we wanted change. The machine, including Mitch McConnell, Dick Cheny, tried to force the wolf in sheep's clothing Trey Greyson down our throats in the primary. We voted for Rand Paul, mobilizing friends, neighbors, people we meet every day. I am not alone, people like me worked for a change all over the state. I personally cold called people all over Eastern Kentucky to get them to vote for Rand Paul. He beat the RINO Grayson, then we took down the Clinton Clone Conway. I spent a hell of a lot of my money and time, as did others in the Commonwealth. Mitch McConnell will be next to fall when he comes up for re-election.
My question - what have you done in your state to elect a real person to office? Who are your Senators? Congressmen? What have you done?
What is your fascination with waiting for someone else to save your country?
I think that effort is fantastic. As you may have noticed from my Avatar, I'm an anarchist. To each their own, and I applaud all effort for change.
Personally, I do not think change will come from within. Big Government must be dismantled from the outside.
And you actually referenced my point - I don't understand the fascination with Ron Paul because I am not waiting for someone else to save our country (your last statement). I think it will come from disorganized resistance and ideally a mistake or two from the PTB.
What is this foolish "constitution" that you speak of?
Yesterday, the WSJ reports that the justice department will no longer require maranda for accused terrorists. So US citizens "suspected" of planning to murder will be stripped of this right. Wasn't there once this concept of innocent until proven guilty?
Sorry 0hedge traditional double post.
The US Military will follow orders. They will put down the domestic terrorists and insurgents. Images of Lincoln and the flag will be trotted out. How they are the last line to protect America, and their paychecks/ways of life. Not only will they willingly try to suppress US Citizens they will do it eagerly. After all any insurgents would be labeled terrorists/white supremacists/commies/anarchists/neo-confederates/extremists/etc...
The hope does not rest in the military. I hope that they are totally deployed overseas when bad shit goes down. Think Canadian troops they could call up lack the killing experience and numbers. Only hope is state politicians and bureaucrats act out of self interest and try to save their own sorry butts and leave.
So what's the excuse about Lybia? Most troopers I've ever met are only there out of necesity not patriotism.
Im speaking of the high-ranking officers. Think Operation "Valkyrie"
you should think "secret service"
dumb.
Saturnalian US military does as its told and follows the orders theyre given.
Dude! You gotta warn us before you bust out with that stuff.
I almost pooped my trousers!
You're expecting the US Military - the only decent institution left in the government - who swears aligence to the constitution to submit to a NWO. Not gonna happen.
I think when the time comes, you might be in for a surprise. Yes, there are tons of good men/women in the U.S. Armed Forces (and military institutions worldwide), however to assume that when the time comes they will be on the 'right' side of history is a little presumptious.
Do you really think the US military would allow itself to be ceded?
http://www.moonbattery.com/Moonbat.jpg
Super. Wonder if they will issue the debt in SDRs and have it repayable in SDRs. Got to build the debt market for the next fiat after the dollar's bloated corpse can't be carted down field anymore. Good thing Tiny Tim is all for a new reserve currency.
Ah, the SUPER QEasy that makes tax payers, poor and the sick even sicker
Hmm, let me see, you are a sub-prime borrower and you want an extension on your debt... hang on a second... ring ring...
Chair Satan, this is sub prime debt....
Is that a human or a bankster?
A bankster, chairSatan SIR
Go ahead, the ink has been refilled
At this rate, there won't be many US Taxpayers left.
There was no new news about anymore white or black smoke rising from the Fuckushima fun towers today, so does that mean the Nikkei 225 will be up triple digits?
AC
You clearly don't know how this works:
Nuclear holocaust is good for quadrouple digits.
Extinction events are good for double nuclear holocaust.
<snap> make money
"...something big ..." and "...threat to international monetary system..." is reference to US(dollar???), not Europe.
I thought the US was the IMF ...
And you are Korrect.
ORI
So they smell a threat to the monetary system and decide to do a preemptive strike by announcing "You need money, we have it!"
Why should anybody tight the belt is beyond me.
Look what happened to Portugal... Spain should announce a huge spending plan instead and be happy.
http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html
You know I may just be a simple farm boy with hopes and aspirations of perhaps becoming a rocket scientist or a double ought spy one day, but it seems to be if we just get all nations to default at the same time, we reset all the debt clocks back to zero and since it is only fantasy fiat money, paper and a dream, the game can start all over again.
But how would the Plutocrats acquire your property?
Not gonna happen because the banks are the creditors and they are calling the shots.
"...a special funding pool that will boost the fund's ability to prevent or resolve economic crises..."
HaHa.
"The International Monetary Fund is expected to soon activate a special funding pool that will boost the fund's ability to prevent or resolve economic crises..."
Errm, no - to extend them.
DavidC
yahtzee!
amazing, the bankers approve the funds from the tax payers to fund themselves. Insane!!!!
Bernanksta goes MSM Maria Bartoromo blows him on CNBC while Rick Santelli watches in horror.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/24/federal-reserve-media_n_840280.html
Does anyone know how to make a Flamethrower? Just curious. Milestones
Try a proane tank, attach a valve to the propane source, run small diamter copper tubing from valve as flame source and run a second line for the flame thrower(diameter of your choice the bigger the diameter the flame). Put an on /off valve on the "thrower". Light the small diameter line. Open the valve when you want to throw the flame. You can increase the distance of the flame by adding more pressure to the propane but you will need to consider a different type of tank than the standard 5- gallon for your bbq. For more information search Burning Man and fire effects.
Burning Man....now that's a party! Been twice.
Yeah, I had this in a pub quiz. Go down the panhandle, grab a junkie, push him out in a boat with two paddles.
Yup:
1. Make a catapult.
2. Load flaming object into catapult
3. Pull lever.
Extra points points if you don't burn the catapult down, double for using a trebuchet.
If you want the real answer to that, you will have to ask specific questions.
One question. If you are living in the street with no job and no money with no home, Can you still be taxed?
They will take you to the glue factory.
I just want to tell you that you have the most amusing avatar on ZH. I laugh every time I see it.
Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
Lou Cabrazzi, Luke Abrazzi, Luca Brazzi. Same guy, different aliases.
Yes, Even a wino pays tax on that jug, we are all in it......... chin deep my friends.
cnbc reporting S&P downgrading Portugal to BBB
OMFG...BBB!
Futures damn near dropped 0.05%.
It doesn't matter anymore. We're past the event horizon now. The highjacking of the equity market will not / cannot stop now.
BBB! Who cares, ratings mean nothing anymore. They no nothing!
Maybe Soros can kick off and create the crisis on April 8 2011.
http://ineteconomics.org/initiatives/conferences/bretton-woods/agenda
http://www.mrc.org/bmi/commentary/2011/Unreported_Soros_Event_Aims_to_Remake_Entire_Global_Economy.html
What a slimy pos soros is.
The Euro is not a reserve currency. They are talking about a dollar collapse pure and simple.
Bait & Switch.
The Fixx - Red Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoIBrG4WjKM
Should have taken warning it's just
People mourning
Running, hiding, lost
You can't find, find a place to go
Red skies at night
Wo oh
Red skies at night
Wo oh oh
Love that song...
Front 242 - Headhunter- great song toohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpUFBVSyWs
Agreed. Another good illustration on where to put your money.
The big eared fucker that couldn't find his way into the WH this morning is in for a big surprise. Our military is trained to take Special orders. The IMF, BIS, World Bank, UN and NATO are just a wet dream for a selective group.
Good bless our US Military Armed Forces. Never forget this!!
Thanks for the Fixx.
EUR, GBP, USD, CNY, what difference does it make? If one has been proven a worthless rag then they all are.
I am going to collapse if you don't give me money....NOW
And how many humans can do that as opposed to banksta robbas?
hahaha...and German taxpayers! It's a two way US taxpayer IMF and EZ (Germany) backstop. Global riot cycle commencing...now.
Is a new Global currency in the cards run by BIS?
http://nakedempire2.blogspot.com/2011/03/secretive-plan-for-global-currency.html
JBG down on weak UST's....YEN bid, Asia struggling.
Ominous.....It looks like 2h2011 is gonna suck. I think the plan is for the Bernak to NOT fire up QE3 therby causing the dollar and treasuries to go tits up....And the IMF comes to the rescue! lots of cash! Just a few conditions...... your pensions please.....
I picked a bad year to stop drinkin....
Yeah, and I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmW-ScmGRMA
well for half a tril, it certainly isn't little 'ol Portugal....maybe Spain or the whole damn Euro? then Asia? followed by the $? then who is left... the fuck'n IMF global gov't wannabe with the BIS sidekick, or is it the other way round? "Global Weimar" hypo-flate all of them bastards? got SDR(s)?... or gold? looks to me that they're collapsing everything, starting with the little guys (Greece) and proceeding up the food chain until only the NWO is standing. bound to a bumpy road though with many exits that we could take.
"Something big must be coming".
It never is what it is. Left field is full of surprises.
Dig a hole, bury it, hide it, and dont tell anyone.
ZH on wires:
* p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; SYDNEY Mar 25 (IFR) - Today"s Asahi newspaper cites unconfirmed reports that the Japanese authorities will raise the danger level created by the Fukushima nuclear reactor damage to level 6. As a reference the Three Mile Island disaster in the US reached level 5. This may prove debt market supportive with regional equities also sensitive to stories that Singaporean authorities have found elevated radiation levels in Japanese food on the island.
Activating a Pool? Sounds serious!
My wife says she had a dream: the world will end on an uptick.
I laughed at the time.
That's rich. Your wife is a smart cookie. :>)
Fucking brilliant!!
man that is some deep shit.
Absolutely. Selling would not have much utility, buying to position for a relief rally in case the end was averted is a sound approach
Does he need more arm twisting?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/boj-s-shirakawa-wrangles-with-lawmakers-seeking-bond-purchases-after-quake.html
I don't know what this means but I am 100% sure it is bullish for equities.