Re: [VO]: Re: Predictions for year 2009

2009-01-10 Thread Horace Heffner
Some qualifications and updates follow. I wrote: "If I-bonds or TIPS are held to maturity, unlike typical bond funds, or even the TIP ETF, no principle can be lost, and they probably gain a lot of interest. I-bonds can be held beyond maturity and still earn interest which is tax sheltered u

Re: [VO]: Re: Predictions for year 2009

2009-01-10 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:10 PM, R C Macaulay wrote: Howdy Vorts, Anyone have a handle on what is referred to in the stock market as "dark pools" ? Are they engaged in "forward selling" that may be the cause of the weekly uppity-downs in the Dow? Sum'tin tells me that there are some people out

[VO]: Re: Predictions for year 2009

2009-01-09 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, Anyone have a handle on what is referred to in the stock market as "dark pools" ? Are they engaged in "forward selling" that may be the cause of the weekly uppity-downs in the Dow? Sum'tin tells me that there are some people out there a whole lot smarter than Jim Jubak.. well.. er