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<p>I don’t know that the foreigners would want the work. We have oversold the four-year college degree. A lot of the new manufacturing jobs require two-year degrees or certificate programs. There are people going to local community colleges to get the right training but apparently not enough people are doing this as we’re told that you need a four-year degree to be successful.</p>
<p>BCEagle91… Hmmmmmm…ok.</p>
<p>Qdogpa…do you really think we are going to have deflation in this country? Like Japan?</p>
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<p>Deflation in terms of Growth deflation, as defined as an enduring decrease in the real cost of goods and services resulting in competitive price cuts. NO</p>
<p>Deflation in terms of money supply side deflation, credit deflation, which causes a deflationary type spiral, YES</p>
<p>BCEagle91… That is a good link.</p>
<p>Are young people going to stay in NH?</p>
<p>Any of your son’s friends going to work in manufacturing?</p>
<p>This stock market is starting to look crushed. I Think Aapl and IBM and a few other companies are hiding how bad stocks have been hit.</p>
<p>The ten year is yielding less than 1.6 percent…echhhh.</p>
<p>Come on qdogpa…are we going to have lower prices overall as measured by price indexes such as cpi?</p>
<p>FB is trading for 27.11…</p>
<p>I see price deflation. </p>
<p>The problem that young people have in NH is the relatively high price of housing. Fortunately that’s improving. Son’s friends work in STEM fields.</p>
<p>I think ,in general, yes…will there be goods or products or commodities that don’t deflate in price,yes…</p>
<p>Price deflation? </p>
<p>Hmmmmmmm</p>
<p>If we are really goimg to have any sustained price deflation…stocks are going a lot lower…</p>
<p>Revising my prediction in this thread in April</p>
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12,000 before 13,500… Low volume,economy still strugggling foward, unemployment numbers don’t tell the real story,and the belief that the market move upwards has been because of the implied backing of Uncle Ben…</li>
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<p>11,700 before 13,000</p>
<p>From 12,000 before 13,500</p>
<p>Only 7 bucks til oil at 80,but may cover sooner. ;)</p>
<p>Yes, products that I buy at the grocery store have reverted to prices from a few years ago. I filled up my tank for $3.59 yesterday. Our NG company reported a 13% drop in NG prices for last month. Whole Foods store brands make shopping there interesting (I’m not quite ready to say affordable).</p>
<p>This past weekend, I saw Gatorade at below $1/quart. They had the 1 quart bottles for $0.88. They had two half-gallon bottles for $3. I don’t recall seeing those prices in my grocery store for five or six years. For many years, the prices were higher and then went down to roughly $4/gallon on sale but were normally higher.</p>
<p>Some things are cheaper and some are more expensive. There are cheaper frozen fish options - stuff from China (which we don’t buy) is a lot less than stuff from North America. Some fruits and vegetables are quite reasonable (maybe due to it coming from Mexico). Petro-prices declining should make it cheaper to ship stuff around the country so that should help with groceries and companies that ship a lot of stuff like Amazon.</p>
<p>I’m seeing some pretty amazing deflation in pro stock tennis racquets. A friend has been trying to sell some racquets for a while and he’s gone from 330 Euros down to 250 Euros. Europe is the biggest market for these and it seems to me that buyers don’t have the money.</p>
<p>If we really, really, really are going to have price deflation…you are too optimistic, qdogpa.</p>
<p>You guys are really bumming me out. :)</p>
<p>BC, i load up at 88 cents, will not buy at 1.29 everyday price… I also find that Powerade and Gatorade take turns at the 88 cent level?. </p>
<p>I also agree that prices have come back on many grocery items,though you may have to wait for the sales…I never pay retail, for just about anything. ;)</p>
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<p>I am thinking of writing naked puts on CL if WTI hits hear 80. Maybe a strike price of 75 or 70 with expiration of september.</p>
<p>Up here, Powerade is cheaper than Gatorade. I think that Gatorade feels that they can command a premium because they use sugar instead of HFCS. I stopped drinking soda, energy drinks, fruit juice, coffee or tea with suger, etc. in Spring 2011 when InterestedDad was posting the stuff from Gary Taubes. I only drink coffee, tea and water now. Probably about 95% filtered tap-water. It’s a great way to cut living expenses and lose weight and decrease the risk of very expensive health problems in the future.</p>
<p>I noticed that NYC is working on banning sugary drinks above 16 ounces at places where drinks are served. I like the intent but I’m also for free consumer choices. The stat was something like 50% of NYCers are overweight or obese - surprising given how much people walk there.</p>
<p>My wife wants me to watch a video on the negative effects of sugar. Maybe the video is Taubes. </p>
<p>I am surprised thay many NYC people are overweight.</p>
<p>FB broke 27. I am going to have to avoid my neighbor.
BKS is trading 16.07.</p>
<p>I just checked my notes from last spring - it was Robert Lustig, not Gary Taubes.</p>
<p>[Sugar:</a> The Bitter Truth- March 24, 2011 - YouTube](<a href=“Sugar: The Bitter Truth- March 24, 2011 - YouTube”>Sugar: The Bitter Truth- March 24, 2011 - YouTube)</p>
<p>Ok…maybe it is Lustig then. :). My wife watched a video last night.</p>
<p>11:18 AM Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes a sweeping ban in New York City on large-sized sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters, and from street vendors in one of the most ambitious local measures to take on obesity. If passed, the new law would prohibit the sale of sodas, pre-sweetened ice teas, and sugar-laced energy drinks larger than 16 ounces. In somewhat twisted logic, New Yorkers could still buy two 16-ounce drinks - instead of one 32-ouncer. On the mayor’s radar: DPS, KO, PEP, MNST, COT. Comment! [Consumer] </p>
<p>THe last sentence says it all,lol</p>
<p>It is Lustig…that is the video.</p>