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[traderabc] 14/12/2010 18:46

Nigel Farage - The People are holding you in contempt, Mr Barroso





Marta Andreasen - Parliament ignores crisis to satisfy own ambitions

[traderabc] 14/12/2010 18:25

'Does anyone know if there are epic's for different sectors of the FTSE '

itsonlyme2, I don't really understand what you mean, there is the ftse 100 ,the ftse 250 the ftse all share. The ETFs covering these will have different epics. Then you have different sectors like housebuilding or financial again if there are ETFs for these sectors then each will have a different epic.

[traderabc] 14/12/2010 17:36

Keiser Report №103: Markets, Finance FUBAR!

[traderabc] 14/12/2010 15:05

Dec 13 Weekend Commodity Newsletter Matt Frailey BPT

[traderabc] 14/12/2010 14:35

The New American Dream: Sprawling Tent Cities Filled With Tents Made In China



What would you do if you had your job suddenly ripped away from you and you ended up losing your home? Well, that is exactly what hundreds of thousands of families across America have found themselves facing during this economic downturn. So what would you do? Would you move in with relatives? Would you join the ranks of those living in the tent cities that are popping up all over the nation? Would you live in a van down by the river? The truth is that with each passing month even more Americans find themselves pushed to the brink of absolute desperation. For many of our fellow citizens, the American Dream has been reduced to finding some way to keep the rain off of them each night and finding someone who will be kind enough to give them some food during the day.

[itsonlyme2] 14/12/2010 06:51

Does anyone know if there are epic's for differant sectors of the FTSE if so I would be grateful for a link to them,many thanks

[049balt] 13/12/2010 14:53

c2i. What part of Ireland did you purchase your land?

[traderabc] 12/12/2010 13:14

Jim Rogers on CNBC Kudlow Report 12/7/10

[traderabc] 12/12/2010 10:47

6 months old but still, if not more so, valid.



Why We Are Totally Finished
Submitted by Davos Sherman Okst on Sun, 27 Jun 2010

In A Nutshell: Corporatocracy Has Replaced Capitalism



Capitalism Fixes Problems & Preserves Democracy: Capitalism is what we should be relying on to fix our problems. Capitalism has it's own ecosystem, just like biology's ecosystem. An economic ecosystem that weeds out the weak, has parasites that eat the failures and new bacteria that evolves and grows replacements for that which failed. A system that keeps everything in balance.

The problem is we are no longer a capitalistic society. What we were taught in school is now utter and absolute nonsense. Capitalism is a thing of the past.

As outlined in "It's Not A Financial Crisis - It's A Stupidity Crisis", we created two back to back bubbles. The air out of the Tech Bubble was sucked up for fuel by our next stupidity crisis: The Housing Bubble.

Now, after the second Stupidity Crisis there isn't a third bubble to inflate. If we still lived in a capitalistic environment the banks and financial institutions that created loans for folks who should have remained renters and then sold those loans as investments to pensions and countries would have been cleansed by capitalism's ecosystem.

But that isn't what happened.

In a very anti-capitalistic move the government decided that stupidity and criminal activity should be rewarded. I'd say they took our money, but it is worse, we didn't have that much money. So they borrowed the money in our name. The loan has a variable rate. They borrowed so much money that our kids cosigned the loan. In fact, our kid's future kid's signed on the dotted line.

That is unequivocally immoral.

[traderabc] 11/12/2010 18:55

[OTE86] On the Edge with Paul Craig Roberts

[049balt] 11/12/2010 15:41

cti, I live in Co Monaghan which is in the north midlands. I am beef farmer, rearing limousin cattle from my suckler herd.

[traderabc] 11/12/2010 15:09

Jim Rogers - Britain is Bankrupt! - The UK just havent owned up to it yet.

[traderabc] 11/12/2010 11:23

James Puplava interview with David Morgan.

[traderabc] 11/12/2010 11:10

Washington Orders Another Free Lunch
Submitted by Peter D Schiff on Fri, 10 Dec 2010

This week Washington displayed the kind of "bipartisanship" that will bankrupt our country and wreck our currency. Coming at a time when both parties say they want to address our long-term fiscal imbalances, the compromise extension of the Bush era tax cuts should be a wake-up call to anyone who somehow expected the American leadership to ever have an "adult conversation" about the country's long term economic health.

[traderabc] 11/12/2010 11:09

Agricultural Sector Outlook: Bullish
Submitted by Joseph Dancy on Fri, 10 Dec 2010
United Nation's Food Report



- Last month the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's twice yearly Food Outlook report noted that food prices are rising rapidly putting the world 'dangerously close' to a new food crisis. The report also predicted higher prices next year, and noted the need for farmers to 'expand substantially' their production, particularly for corn and wheat.

Global cereal inventories are forecast to decline sharply according to the report. World cereals stocks are anticipated to shrink by seven percent with barley plunging 35 percent, corn 12 percent and wheat 10 percent. Only rice reserves are foreseen to increase, by six percent according to the report.

Meanwhile rising food prices led the Chinese government last month to announce that it would take forceful measures to limit price increases for a wide range of foodstuffs and cotton, and that it would distribute additional supplies of fuel. (Chart at right courtesy Financial Times)

Rising prices for food and energy are a global problem. But the UN noted they particularly affect lower-income countries where these necessities claim a much larger share of household incomes. The consumer price index in China assumes that food represents a third of a family's spending. Price controls are one option for governments, but tend to produce shortages.

[contrarian2investor] 10/12/2010 19:53

049balt,

What region of the country are you based and what aspect of farming are you involved?

The reason I am asking is that during 2010 I purchase a significant amount of agri-land across Eire. The plan is to develop various cooperatives, on a 3-20 years view.

c2i

[049balt] 10/12/2010 18:20

We are going to see serious food inflation next year, for the first time in my farming life, farmers are in the driving seat and are demanding more money before they part with their produce. It will be difficult for the supermarkets too keep a lid on prices to the consumer, as Rogers has been saying it is a great time to be a farmer!!

[traderabc] 09/12/2010 22:10

More Than Half of Americans Want Fed Reined In or Abolished



Joshua Zumbrun
Bloomberg
Thursday, December 9, 2010

A majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation's independent central bank, saying the U.S. Federal Reserve should either be brought under tighter political control or abolished outright, a poll shows.

The Bloomberg National Poll underlines the extent to which the central bank's standing has suffered as it has come under fire in Congress, first from Democrats for regulatory lapses before the financial crisis and then from Republicans for failing to revive an economy in which the jobless rate hovers near 10 percent. Voters from both parties have criticized the Fed's $3.3 trillion in aid to the financial system.

[contrarian2investor] 09/12/2010 16:55

Hi traderabc,


Some banks unwilling to hand over client-held physical gold and silver?
Anecdotal evidence, so far, suggests some banks may be having trouble laying their hands on client-owned bullion in their own vaults.





Could this possibly be because the banks don't have the physical gold and silver?
This story keeps resurfacing every six months at some point the truth will be forthcoming.

c2i

[contrarian2investor] 08/12/2010 17:49

Hi traderabc,

Some interesting articles here re: copper




JPM keep trying to corner the markets. More contango until they get the price they want no doubt. In order to counter China tigtening and potential depreciation in copper and other industrial commodities.

c2i