[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

You are being pinged. Too much pinging going on here! But then, these are historic economic times.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I think the government is making a massive mistake if they are too aggressive trying to forgive mortgage debt by owners on the edge of foreclosure.

If they are too aggressive renegotiating loans for troubled home owners, more people who can afford their mortgages but are upside down on those loans will just stop paying, in hopes the government will come and lower their loan and interest rates.

Rather than reduce the losses by preventing foreclosure, this will increase the losses by reducing cash flow to the banks.

You get more of what you subsidize. If the banks subsidize bad behavior through mortgage defaults, they will get more of them.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Ping away! How to play a bond collapse? Did you ask?

The only ways I know of are:

RRPIX Rydex
RYJUX Rydex

DXKSX Direxion

The Rydex funds have decent yields circa 4% and I like their charts. The Direxion fund I consider a litle off-brand. Also has a much lower yield, circa 1.3%.

[JasonC]

Please remove me from this and all future ping lists. Unsolicited pings are spam. Thank you.

[KingNo155]

you can never pay off your house your house will never be yours you will stay in debt all your life unless the government stops property taxes all this is bullshit those same people who are crying about bank foreclosure are the same politicians who will foreclose on your home if you miss a tax payment