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S&P In Gold Down After FOMC Announcement, As More Capital Rushes To Precious Metals Than To Stocks (Update: New Regime)

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Sorry, Ben, can't feed Wall Street cake and then dilute it too. Gold's dramatic surge to fresh all time highs, more than makes up for the spike in the S&P. As a result, intraday, the S&P500 expressed in the only real currency left (one can hear the giant sucking sound as people leave fiat in droves) is down. In other words, on a relative basis there was more capital going into precious metals, and more specifically, away from linen and other infinitely dilutable paper, than going into stocks.

Update: welcome to the new regime where every Fed intervention or expectation will now mean more push to gold than stocks.

 

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Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:52 | 595257 hedgeless_horseman
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQVZBtQ9cI

Kris Kristofferson, bitches!!!!!!!!!!

Jane Fonda, bitch.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:54 | 595464 MarketTruth
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The definition of insanity and worthless US dollars:

 "Given the very high level of reserve balances currently in the banking system, the Federal Reserve has ample time to consider the best long-run framework for policy implementation. The Federal Reserve believes it is possible that, ultimately, its operating framework will allow the elimination of minimum reserve requirements, which impose costs and distortions on the banking system" -- Federal Reserve February 10, 2010

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/testimony/bernanke20100210a.htm#fn9

Money for nothing and your chicks for free...

We've got to POMO
As much as possible,
Got buy US debt, yesireee

We've got to POMO
As much as possible,
Got buy US debt, yesireeeeeee-eeee

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:53 | 595269 bigdumbnugly
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ben's silver lining?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:07 | 595340 Spitzer
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I am getting sick of silver bugs. Gold is for kings, sliver is for gentlmen.

 I don't care what the spread is, gold is still king.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:13 | 595364 bigdumbnugly
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you calling me a gentleman, spitzer?  you better be able to back that up.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:19 | 595383 Pladizow
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Finish your quotes:

Gold is for Kings,

Silver is for gentlemen,

barter is for peasants and

Debt (US$) is for Slaves.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:26 | 595663 mrgneiss
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Copper is for merchants.

Painite is for the cabal.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:22 | 595397 traderjoe
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IF there was PM manipulation - I think silver would be the metal that would break the cartel first. Therefore, I like to end an occasional comment with a:

Go Silver!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 17:04 | 595805 Strider52
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I just hedged my physical gold with......

physical silver.

  I think I finally believe that silver may do better percentage-wise than gold. And I also believe that silver is getting scarcererer.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 18:01 | 595922 Xedus129
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And its used in real world applications.  Gold is used for the tips of a few bose wires and some PCB's, which are mostly copper anyways.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:53 | 595273 midtowng
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Of course. The Fed announcement was anything but a positive statement. The only difference between this announcement and the last one was the promise to print more if necessary. That's inflationary, not an economic positive.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:54 | 595278 goldmiddelfinger
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Truly brainless action

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:02 | 595316 Careless Whisper
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yeah but CNBC reports everything as positive. "dow up 70 since the announcement". ...and now back to the Bed Bug Conference in Chicago for an update. Hey CNBC, ya THINK THE BED BUG PLAGUE MAY HURT HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES??? or will they increase because people love the critters?

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:06 | 595338 NotApplicable
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Well, bed bugs are a solvable (and apparently national) problem.

Unlike every thing else in Washington.

All hail the Great Wizard in DC, Slayer of the Bed Bugs.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:27 | 595414 traderjoe
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I read they had to close NYC Niketown to clear out the bed bugs. Eww. I wouldn't buy those clothes...

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:53 | 595508 Careless Whisper
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Singer Accusess NYC Hotel Bed Bugs Of Vicious Attack

http://gothamist.com/2010/09/01/bed_bug_law_requires_schools_to_fes.php

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:18 | 595630 kathy.chamberli...
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haven't been tuning into news or CNBC much lately. but heard erin this morning say, they were going to cover this after the break. i turned tv e e    off. it truly is being taken seriously by the media. fear, be very afraid N e W   Y o R k   c I t y †

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:59 | 595302 traderjoe
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So true. I found their comment on inflation to be more Fedthink, i.e. inflation isn't high enough? Really? So we should just print more money, because that is good inflation? And please don't get me started on the construction of the inflation indexes. See shadowstats.com for some unvarnished indexes - running in the 5-7% range.

And the global race to debase your currency the fastest continues. Germany/EU can't be happy to have the Euro back above $1.30. And that's even after the ECB is loading up on PIIG bonds.

Happy to see gold and silver up. Hope that breaks the cartel and gets the dominoes falling... 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:09 | 595447 Hansel
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I think the Fed's comments on inflation are an attempt to dictate an official narrative of reality and recent history.  By doing this, it gives them an avenue to act against the situation they have presented.  But this has nothing to do with reality.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:54 | 595279 scatterbrains
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May 13th gap on SPY closed, time to roll this pig over and head sub 100

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:55 | 595281 Bam_Man
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The Fed now realizes that they are just going to have to learn to live with a higher gold price.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:58 | 595298 hugolp
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Fed officials are probably loaded on gold.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:08 | 595346 NotApplicable
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More likely hopped up on prescription meds.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:55 | 595282 HelluvaEngineer
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Scary nonsensical moves today.  We might flash-crash today.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:27 | 595334 hedgeless_horseman
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And we might end green.  Nonsense indeed.

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:55 | 595286 jbc77
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Couldn't help but notice the USD went wacky before finally taking a huge dump.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:56 | 595287 Turd Ferguson
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Smart money (humans) = PMs

Dumb money (machines) = equities

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:03 | 595323 Ragnarok
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LOL!

 

Can a robot take delivery of physical PMs?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:15 | 595373 tmosley
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Here's a scene from a documentary on that very subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csqrZ0ZfBvY

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:16 | 595375 espirit
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SkyNet already moves it around the central banks to give the illusion it's paper scrip has value.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 14:58 | 595297 Internet Tough Guy
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look at eur/usd. wow.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:04 | 595327 Turd Ferguson
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Just all part of the competitive devaluation cycle that we're in. On a relative (to each other) basis, each currency will have its days of extreme weakness or strength. They teeter and totter against each other.

It is when you see the currencies relative to gold that you see the real damage. Check gold/$, gold/euro, gold/swissy and gold/yen. The dire truth of our situation is hiding in plain sight. 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:39 | 595456 Shameful
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Everyone gets their spin at the wheel.  And so long as it's sinking on more or less an even keel the majority will have no idea that the currencies are depreciating.  Good work if you can get it, the level of collusion is sickening.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:00 | 595308 tpberg7
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Capitulation Bitchez!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:01 | 595309 George Costanza
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Equities as an asset class are over-rated, but the psychotic Fed is fixated on Equities.  As usual, they are focusing on the wrong targets.   Shooting real hard at the wrong targets.

The other Fed fixation is keeping interest rates low, which screws over (transfer wealth) from savers to looters.  The markets will eventually punish them for that.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:11 | 595354 NotApplicable
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The other Fed fixation is keeping interest rates low, which screws over (transfer wealth) from savers to looters.

And who is the biggest looter of all?

The markets will eventually punish them for that.

That will have to be the black market, as it's the only one left.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:01 | 595311 williambanzai7
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I will be putting my gold fillings up for auction on Ebay shortly.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:18 | 595380 Overpowered By Funk
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Flava Flav is a rich man.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:02 | 595317 firstdivision
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My I suggest an order of Puts with a side of inverse ETF's with a bit of VXX dipping sauce?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:07 | 595342 HelluvaEngineer
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Ladies and gents, I think we just ran out of bigger fools

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:02 | 595318 goldmiddelfinger
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dollar, oil, copper not attending the magic show

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:06 | 595337 plocequ1
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Looks like everything is up. Stocks, Gold, Euro.. Its an all you can eat Loaves and Fishes fest. Dig in boys.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:07 | 595344 goldmiddelfinger
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S+P going red..quick, another POMO hit

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:19 | 595385 rubearish10
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Amazing, they have a plug in it, don't they?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:09 | 595350 Internet Tough Guy
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S&P is giving up. Gold isn't.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:16 | 595356 Spartan
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Anyone listening to Broaddus on Bloomberg at the moment...print, print, print....gold your investments are safe...

 

"We have only done one round of QE and don't have much experience with it"...."its a powerful tool"....are all the Fed's people programmed like that? Have they heard of Japan?

 

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:12 | 595359 john_connor
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I'm calling a top in AUD within the next few days, if not today.  The Aussie exporters can not absorb any more of this without collapsing.

 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:25 | 595399 Young
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I agree John, and I've staked my own money on it, not someone elses which has been the tradition since politicians heard of JM Keynes... Damn, shit, I just managed to press the sell key again!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:40 | 595459 VWbug
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interesting, i also thought AUD and CAD would rally to this point (and still think they might go a bit higher) and i am just this minute thinking of at least starting my short pos

hope you are right...

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:14 | 595367 VWbug
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i wonder how much the fed is worried about gold's strength, particularly when they make another easy money statement like today?

i'm sure hoenig is emphasizing it...

I wonder if BB is worried or doesn't think it's a big deal?

Looks to me like it will become a serious issue for him in the very near future.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:22 | 595392 Overpowered By Funk
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Keep an eye on Anthony Weiner - the Feds gold attack weasel.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:29 | 595418 yabyum
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I don't think Weiner is against gold as he is having the people get hosed on the 30% spreads ala goldline.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 19:10 | 596072 Overpowered By Funk
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Lets wait and see, but if Weiner is so concerned about 30% spreads has got a lot more fish to fry.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 20:54 | 596262 RockyRacoon
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Blame Gold Line.  All they had to do was stop the boiler room operation.

The crooks screw it up for all honest sellers.  If Weiner had not taken on the job somebody else would have, sooner or later. 

It's a Weiner job!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:31 | 595420 Young
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They're gonna try to debase the USD 'til they collapse. Problem is, and this is something a lot of people seem to have forgotten, when has the Fed or any other central bank ever succeeded in anything? Give a retard a gun and tell him its a lollipop... Can someone please give Krugman or Mishkin a "lollipop" to suck on?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 17:14 | 595835 ForWhomTheTollBuilds
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"I wonder if BB is worried or doesn't think it's a big deal?"

 

I think the Tell was when he said he didn't understand Golds price movements.  It was the equivilent of "No comment", but he cannot say that because the "No comment" is associated with guilt and defeat and so people would have grown suspicious. 

 

In a modern welfare state, an addmission of incompetance doesn't arouse much suspicision.  It even makes the speaker seem more relatable really.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:16 | 595376 rubearish10
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"What in the World" happens now? The US has basically been hocked and all the world knows it. We've been bamboozled and lambasted for Sunday dinner. Go world currency, GOLD GOLD GOLD , DJIA36000 and The Zimbabwe Special!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:23 | 595400 Monstrous Tickl...
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Employers remain reluctant to add to payrolls. Housing starts remain at a depressed level. Bank lending has continued to contract.

Free money anyone? 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:24 | 595403 beastie
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There is no capital rush into gold right now. It's simply the dollar falling off a cliff.

Hey, I'm a goldbug but not a blind one.

Gold Price Change due to Weakening of US Dollar +13.60 Gold Price Change due to Predominant Selling -4.70 Gold Price: Total Change +8.90
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:27 | 595415 Internet Tough Guy
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Could be the beginning of the next phase if stock rally fails here and the gold rally heats up. Whatcha do banksters?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:42 | 595437 Id fight Gandhi
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Yields and stocks now diving.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:49 | 595471 GoinFawr
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DXY punches down through 80 and it isn't going to stop tanking for awhile.

I am reminded of a song from my childhood,

"Head and shoulders,

Knees and toes! Knees and toes!"

Little did I know when I first heard it how applicable it would be to TA...

Regards

 

PS

Is ANYONE trading oil right now, or do they all have bigger fish to fry?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:56 | 595518 Jim B
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The Fed and US Gov needs to get a grip.  I have a small BIZ and talk to a lot of folks and people instinctively know this dollar printing and reckless spending will not end well.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:57 | 595520 Jim B
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Ops hit save twice

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:58 | 595532 Goldenballs
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Larry Summers leaving Whitehouse November,Bloomberg.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:38 | 595721 Sun Tsu
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Mission Accomplished, Larry Summers job was really to rescue The Harvard Trust Fund!

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:02 | 595554 Double down
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Comex gold has not been trading right for about a month and a half now.  Just a feeling, but it feels like every dip from this period was bought aggressively.  I am used to much more tentative and careful bids.  It was as if the bidders did not care that gold could retreat.

 

5c 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:07 | 595586 pitz
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Yet the gold stocks are still trading as though gold is $800/ounce.  ie:  Barrick. 

What the hell is going on here? 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:28 | 595668 GoinFawr
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Not the best choice for a measuring stick there pitz. Barrick shareholders are currently paying the price for the company's production dehedging not too long ago. I imagine that the company made some powerful enemies on that move, not to mention the screwing of their shareholders by carrying such a position in the first place.

Regards

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:36 | 595713 pitz
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Goldcorp (GG)?  Kinross (KGC)?  Its not just Barrick that's taking it where the sun don't shine. 

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 21:00 | 596258 GoinFawr
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Nope, they aren't the only ones. But you are still looking at the wrong companies. For example: perhaps Kinross is feeling a bit tight right now because they just bought Red Back Mining (RBI.to).  Check out their chart.

Regards

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 22:05 | 596390 pitz
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Those 3 firms are some of the largest gold producers in the world. 

What should I be looking for?  The Easter Bunny?

Gold stocks just aren't responding to these price increases in the way that they should.  Meanwhile, far too much speculative money is going into the mid-caps.

Wed, 09/22/2010 - 03:10 | 596650 GoinFawr
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"Meanwhile, far too much speculative money is going into the mid-caps."

Yes indeed: Faaaaaar too much.

The  independent, reserve-laden, debt-free producing ones, anyway.

As for,

"What should I be looking for?  The Easter Bunny?"

Who do you think I am, your friendly neighbourhood Papal Investment Guidance Counsellor? Do some work. Or get down on your knees and pray; while you're down there kiss your ass goodbye.

Regards

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 19:04 | 596058 Shameful
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I don't like Barrick, they had an awful hedge book which I'm not sure ever got covered.  The simple truth is most miners are action packed with risks, or are poorly managed, or have an insane about of shares out, or like Barrick hedged themselves and are paying for it now. Or some combination of the above.  I have some playing around money in miners and I fully acknowledge it's gambling.  Physical possession is way more secure.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:07 | 595587 yabyum
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Silver just hit 21.00! Gold to 1300 soon, The cd comes due on Wed. Cash that dog in and buy some more PM. 0.7% interest my aching ass.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:29 | 595678 Hubbs
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OK Gang, crunch time. Now that I have almost finished moving IRA short term treasuries into Treasury money markets (limit of $10,000 per transfer ) - I feel like like a fish in a puddle that is drying up, how will money market perform (chase) sudden rise in interest rates if hyperinflation?

Will Vanguard let me redeem the whole enchilda or will it unilaterally restrict redemptions..new law passed says mutual funds don't have to have permission from SEC to freeze redemptions, rather freeze as funds see fit.

 

More ballsy yet...cash out IRA, pay the 10% penalty and the highest marginal tax rate wipes out 50% but hell then the govt no longer has dibbs on it. Go out and buy some farm land. High chance taxes will be raised next year anyway.

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 22:50 | 596441 CashCowEquity
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buy land+ hide your gold/silver/ammo on said land and grow food.

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