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Cabelas is going up in stock price. Apparently they are very good gains. Must be selling alot of guns..I know they are here in the Reno area!

UPDATE 1-Mexico central bank intervenes in forex market

MEXICO CITY, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market on Friday, offering dollars directly to dealers after the peso hit a record low against the dollar, foreign exchange traders said.

"I'm being told this right now on the other line," said a trader. Two other market players confirmed the intervention.

The peso rallied as the bank offered dollars after it finished its regular dollar auctions at 1 p.m. (1900 GMT).

The peso fell more than 2 percent and traded as low as 14.9983 per dollar MEX01 on Friday, prompting the central bank to sell the maximum $400 million in two auctions under its daily dollar auction policy.

The bank began intervening on Feb. 4, selling dollars directly to banks in its first such direct sale in a decade.

Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said on Feb. 6 that the bank would continue to intervene when necessary to contain the volatility of the peso. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle, Liz Salazar and Lorena Segura; Writing by Robert Campbell; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Mexico is dealing with inflation issues. With NAFTA and the SPP how long will it be before this starts affecting us? Those dollar will make it here eventually. If they aren't directly.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill
sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2009.
Freddie Mac 1-month auctions are optional weekly and will be sold at least
once a month; 12-month bills are also optional each week
*=Bills have been priced
NA=Not Available. Settlement dates will be specified on deal announcement
days
AGENCY TYPE OF BILLS ANNOUNCEMENT PRICING SETTLEMENT
FEBRUARY ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 1-month/3-month/6-month Feb 20 Feb 23 Feb 24
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Feb 23 Feb 25 NA
MARCH ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Feb 27 March 2 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 2 March 4 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 6 March 9 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 9 March 11 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 13 March 16 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 16 March 18 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 20 March 23 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 23 March 25 NA
Freddie Mac 3-month/6-month March 27 March 30 NA
APRIL ISSUES:
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 30 April 1 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month April 3 April 6 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month April 6 April 8 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month April 9 April 13 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month April 13 April 15 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month April 17 April 20 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month April 20 April 22 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month April 24 April 27 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month April 27 April 29 NA
MAY ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month May 1 May 4 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month May 4 May 6 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month May 8 May 11 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month May 11 May 13 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month May 15 May 18 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month May 18 May 20 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month May 22 May 26 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month May 22 May 27 NA
JUNE ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month May 29 June 1 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month June 1 June 3 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month June 5 June 8 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month June 8 June 11 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month June 12 June 15 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month June 15 June 17 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month June 19 June 22 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month June 22 June 24 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month June 26 June 29 NA
JULY ISSUES:
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month June 29 July 1 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month July 2 July 6 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month July 6 July 8 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month July 10 July 13 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month July 13 July 15 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month July 17 July 20 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month July 20 July 22 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month July 24 July 27 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month July 27 July 29 NA
AUGUST ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month July 31 Aug 3 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Aug 3 Aug 5 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Aug 7 Aug 10 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Aug 10 Aug 12 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Aug 14 Aug 17 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Aug 17 Aug 19 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Aug 21 Aug 24 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Aug 24 Aug 26 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Aug 28 Aug 31 NA
SEPTEMBER ISSUES:
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Aug 31 Sept 2 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Sept 4 Sept 8 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Sept 4 Sept 9 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Sept 11 Sept 14 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Sept 14 Sept 16 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Sept 18 Sept 21 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Sept 21 Sept 23 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Sept 25 Sept 28 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Sept 28 Sept 30 NA
OCTOBER ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Oct 2 Oct 5 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Oct 5 Oct 7 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Oct 9 Oct 13 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Oct 9 Oct 14 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Oct 16 Oct 19 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Oct 16 Oct 21 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Oct 23 Oct 26 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Oct 26 Oct 28 NA
NOVEMBER ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Oct 30 Nov 2 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Nov 2 Nov 4 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Nov 6 Nov 9 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Nov 9 Nov 12 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Nov 13 Nov 16 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Nov 16 Nov 18 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Nov 20 Nov 23 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Nov 23 Nov 25 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Nov 25 Nov 30 NA
DECEMBER ISSUES:
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Nov 30 Dec 2 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Dec 4 Dec 7 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Dec 7 Dec 9 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Dec 11 Dec 14 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Dec 14 Dec 16 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Dec 18 Dec 21 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Dec 21 Dec 23 NA
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Dec 24 Dec 28 NA
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Dec 28 Dec 30 NA
Footnotes:
-- Fannie Mae may auction one-year benchmark bills from time to time.
-- Fannie Mae may skip any scheduled benchmark bills issuance. If it elects not
to issue a scheduled offering, it will provide notice of its decision either
prior to or on the scheduled announcement date.
(Reporting by Caryn Trokie)

uk.reuters.com...

I wish we made any money from Gold here in Nevada. We have a very bad policy. Nevada produces 82% of the nations gold and takes home none of that money.

U.S. corporate bankruptcies more than double '08 pace

Ahh yes, I urge all of you to be calm..Don't speak about this...We'll just do what we're going to do, and you'll take it, because you voted for it.

Volcker: Crisis May be Even Worse than Depression
www.cnbc.com...

GM Shares Crater
www.cnbc.com...



[edit on 2/20/2009 by Hx3_1963]

What I'm supposed to do with that dead crow?

Put it on the ticker. Now wire the banks. Did you bring the pliers?
Alright. That should do it. No round anniversaries please.

Stocks Drop, But Dow Escapes 10-Year Low

Stocks avoided a major selloff Friday but the Dow remained below its November low as worries persisted that the government could step in and nationalize some banks.

Well done, P4T. Stocks got axed and droped, but Dow escaped.

reply to post by stander


Put it in a shoebox.

Bring it back Monday...

I was thinking of buying gold at 820/ounce

Now it's at $1000. The Dow is worth only about 7 ounces of gold now.

What's going to happen come Monday morning when investors realize that these "too big to fail" banks might go and Citi and other small but still huge banks are going to tank ?? Is this going to be Dark Monday !?

What to do, what to do? How to get out this predicament? How to deal with the issues?

Originally posted by projectvxn
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill
sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2009.
Freddie Mac 1-month auctions are optional weekly and will be sold at least
once a month; 12-month bills are also optional each week
*=Bills have been priced
NA=Not Available. Settlement dates will be specified on deal announcement
days
AGENCY TYPE OF BILLS ANNOUNCEMENT PRICING SETTLEMENT
FEBRUARY ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 1-month/3-month/6-month Feb 20 Feb 23 Feb 24
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month Feb 23 Feb 25 NA
MARCH ISSUES:
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month Feb 27 March 2 NAt
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 2 March 4 NAti
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 6 March 9 NAtio
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 9 March 11 NAtion
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 13 March 16 NAtiona
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 16 March 18 NAtional
Freddie Mac* 3-month/6-month March 20 March 23 NAtionali
Fannie Mae 3-month/6-month March 23 March 25 NAtionaliz
Freddie Mac 3-month/6-month March 27 March 30 NAtionalize
APRIL ISSUES:

No more issues.

Thanks for spelling that out, stander.

And now this:

George Soros - "I see no bottom for world financial collapse"

The tremors are building...

reply to post by pause4thought


Say there, what do you make of Soros comments? Besides the obvious that is.



[edit on 21-2-2009 by burntheships]

reply to post by burntheships


You just had to ask, didn't you?

Let's put it this way. Someone in his position knows that his pronouncements will reach across the globe. Someone in his position knows such pronouncements will have an effect on the markets. Someone in his position...



[edit on 21/2/09 by pause4thought]

reply to post by pause4thought

Perhaps the FDIC is reluctant to seize any of the banks that were deemed to big to fail because of the impact it will have on all of the other banks that are carrying the so called "Tarnished Assets" on their books.

The reason, the Book Value is significantly greater than the True Market Value. If the FDIC seizes one of these banks and then auctions off "Tarnished Assets" of that bank it will establish a Market Value for the "Tarnished Assets" held by all of the other banks. When the new Market Value is established through a public auction then the remaining banks will be required to write down the value of their "Tarnished Asset" holdings which will immediately show that they are insolvent because the new value of their assets will be insufficient to secure their liabilities.

activerain.com...


[edit on 21-2-2009 by burntheships]

OK...1/2 a day to Market open...who's gonna step out on the ledge and make a call as to where it's headed?

In this corner...

Obama's First Budget Seeks To Trim Deficit
www.washingtonpost.com...
GM closing at record lows...
Dodd & Frank arguing about Nationalizing the Banks...
Citi, BofA, Wells Fargo & Prudential getting crunched Friday...

Anyone?

Edit: Someone on another thread posted the "real reason" banks books are locked down is...

"The sum is greater than the parts..."

They sliced & diced those MBS way over 100% of their actual numbers...and are afraid they'll be hit with fraud...sounds right...

[edit on 2/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Australia
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX 3,367.30 -35.10 -1.03% 18:07
S&P/ASX 300 INDEX 3,355.60 -32.00 -0.94% 18:07
ALL ORDINARIES INDX 3,321.60 -31.40 -0.94% 18:07

New Zealand
NZX 50 FF GROSS INDEX 2,555.40 -21.28 -0.83% 17:43
NZX TOP 10 INDEX 757.49 -7.73 -1.01% 17:39
NZX 15 GROSS INDEX 4,744.76 -47.86 -1.00% 17:39
NZX ALL INDEX 648.50 -5.09 -0.78% 17:37

So far...all trending lower...

NIKKEI 225 7,267.96 -148.42 -2.00% 20:02
TAIWAN TAIEX INDEX 4,382.25 -54.69 -1.23% 20:22
KOSPI INDEX 1,057.84 -8.11 -0.76% 20:02
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX 3,320.80 -81.60 -2.40% 20:22
NZX 50 FF GROSS INDEX 2,547.58 -29.10 -1.13% 20:00
STRAITS TIMES INDEX 1,582.10 -12.84 -0.81% 20:07

[edit on 2/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Underhanded nationalization? I'd say so:
Gov't reportedly mulls taking larger stake in Citi

Published: 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Citigroup Inc. is reportedly negotiating with government officials to have the U.S. boost its stake in the troubled bank to as much as 40 percent, The Wall Street Journal said late Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Such a move by Citigroup would result in the New York-based bank ceding far more control to the feds than executives likely desire, and would dilute shareholders' investments. The Journal, which said Citigroup made the proposal to its regulators, noted that sources say executives would prefer to keep the government's stake closer to 25 percent.

But with the company's shares trading at their lowest point in nearly two decades, Citigroup is seeking ways to stem further losses.

On Friday, shares of Citigroup fell 22 percent to close below $2, and Bank of America Corp. shares also sank, as talk of the banks' nationalization spooked investors. Both banks already have received significant help from taxpayers as the government has rushed in to try to save the financial sector. The White House, however, has insisted it's not trying to take over the two ailing financial institutions.

So far they're lying about nationalization. This is really pissing me off.

reply to post by projectvxn


Japan was getting wrecked, it was a fuse that would have blown up the American markets in a few hours. So they invented a rumor, leaked it to WSJ and someone had their boy Drudge front page it after Japan tanked at the open.

It is an invented rumor. When the Fed takes Citibank its gonna be whole hog.