value of a buck

[pms]

Thanks of the definition  Greg.  As I suspected, the whole thing is goofy.
Anyway, the point I was trying to get to, after a basic understanding, was
how purposeful the rise in the dollar could have been, by US guvment, I
mean.  It just felt significant. Now, according to  the STRATFOR alert I
just forwarded, the Japanese think it was both purposeful and significant.
Only they don't like it, and I was thinking they would. Like I thought it
meant we were trying to help them and my currency question was leading me
to just how much control the guv could have over such things.  Ya know what
I mean?

BTW, I'm sorry I didn't put emphasis on the part of the alert I was
alluding to, but I can't seem to find a text editor thing on Eudora.

I think the reason this money stuff is so hard to lpin down for the amatur
is because on TV they speak of it like it's so cut and dried, but it's not.
And like the whole familiar context is bs and something that retards
understanding. Or maybe it's just me!

Money Market;

Yea, I have a very conservative, low yield(under 5%, which is fine with me)
MM at Babson.  I gather from your post that to get a brokerage account
where I ffeel safe, I'll just have to carefully check for maturity and no
funny business.
Tobias said this MM that lost money was named something like US Government
Trust, but they speculated on interest rates and lost. I'm not sure how
that happens, but I suppose they must have been doing something besides
buying government paper and holding it. IOW-funny business.

If I had a brokerage account I could have already transferred a few bucks
into a Wright Equi-Fund Japan Roth, weeks ago. Instead of watching it go up
everyday. Boo-Hoo
Of course if we were to get into some sort of Economic Cold War with Asia,
then, as the beloved but still dead president, Richard Nixon once
said,.."That would be bad."

smooches
Paula