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A Market Rally Based on Garbage Paper

 Mar 12, 2008 03:37 PM UTC
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3/11/08 - "The Fed action came at a time when the markets were ripe for an oversold bounce...The good news is this will help brokers and banks; the bad news is it will do nothing to help the Housing market, or stop the decline in House prices. Nor will it help resolve the inverted pyramid of derivatives that sits atop Housing. And, one has to believe it will only add to inflationary pressures."


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