Bring down interest rates from 6.5% to 1% in a few months, raise M3 by 15% per year, and have Sir Alan go public telling people that homwownership is a G-d given right, that they now all can get through new loan arrangements. ARM's provide Americans with liberty!!! Power to the people.....

I never promised anyone any such thing, but if you go to TOD:Canada, the Bear Stearns coverage should shake something awake. We wonder whether the alarm will go off first in Asia, not that it matters much down the line, but I had a talk with a trusted friend today and we agreed it, the trigger that is, might as well be this:

Merrill Lynch taking Bear Stearns to task. These are guys who play golf together, you know, and now they are adversaries?! It wasn't me, teacher, it was the ugly kid in the corner. Private and government, everyone is pointing fingers and talking to lawyers. It wasn't me.....

In the end there's but one problem: people play with other people's money.

By the end of the year we will be swamped in bankruptcies and lawsuits. If Bear Stearns goes, others will follow. There is exactly ZERO reason to believe they won't. And your bank is invested in all of them, and so is your pension fund, and and and.....

Sell your house while you can guys......