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[traderabc] 19/12/2011 11:03

[KR224] Keiser Report: Exotic pet banking fraudsters

[traderabc] 19/12/2011 11:02

Max's defence of social entitlement means he must be a state socialist.


apdi71, yet he calls for sound money (gold and silver) which is a contradiction as you state.

It seems to me that no matter what they(the regulatory bodies) do, some smart lawyer will find a loophole and get round the regulation.

The solution may be to to treat them (dodgy banks) like the state treats the mafia, relentless harassment and surveillance for any infringement of the law.


Imprisoning a few thousand corporate lawyers would also send out a strong message to the others. If the government had the will they have the power to make life very difficult for their 'enemies' which is what they basically are, the problem as far as I can see is they have no will whatsoever to crack down on these fraudsters.

Reintroduction of a revised Glass–Steagall Act would also be a sensible move.

Additionally they could and should simply out law derivative trading.

[traderabc] 19/12/2011 10:29

AC2011 Session 1.2 Come Undone: Kyle Bass redux

min 32, min 57

[traderabc] 18/12/2011 12:37

apdi71, thanks for that link. Some valid points are raised, however I think the writer is making a mountain out of a mole hill. I like MaxK because he brings up a lot of truths the mainstream won't touch.

He highlights the completely unacceptable excesses of this disaster corporatism we're subjected to.
He pulls no punches and says it as it is. Yes, the guy leans to the left more then I'm comfortable with, however most of his stuff is spot on.

They say that in a conflict situation your enemies are those who confront you with the truth, and your friends are those who shield and protect you from it.

This may well be the case with Max, he works for outlets that are funded by the 'enemies' of the west. They have to use the truth, or at least a good dose of it to be effective and credible, so in return we get a lot of the facts from them.

The 'lies' the writer highlights are those of omission and association, they're kind of obvious, but that stuff unsaid is easy to find so I don't think Max is really fooling anyone.

For example that last Rogers link I put up deals with one of these issues, namely the dim 'left' of the occupy movement failing to distinguish the differences between the 'rich' and the 'really rich' who ARE undoubtedly the real problem.

The 'really rich' are the central bankers who create money from nothing and charge interest on it, they are a true enemy of humanity and must be dealt with if the western world is to have a prosperous future. (unlikely)
Ron Paul is another who confronts a few of the issues Max and Tracy tend to ignore.

I agree with the writer that Max is a propagandist of sorts, I myself would admit to being similar, this thread is a kind of propaganda outlet in it's own tiny way. 'Good propaganda' mind you, the kind of propaganda that will help any audience make money and not lose it, that will help people financially survive what's coming down the line.

I sincerely believe that one has to use the techniques of our 'enemies' to overcome them, the information war is very real and ongoing.

The big government, central banker and monster corporate forces show no mercy with their particular brand of propaganda, theirs is consensus 'bad propaganda', the kind that will and has bankrupted those who believe in and acted upon it.

To counteract their enormous power and reach 'little people' like myself are justified in using any tool and/or method to oppose them, Max and Tracy fit the bill nicely, hence I link to their work.

If Russian oligarchs like to see Jamie Dimon squirm, that's fine with me as I share their view. However that doesn't mean I support what they do, (gangster capitalism) and when I see them or the Chinese (totalitarian capitalism) muscle into our western cultures with their type of corruption and violence, I'll be standing up and condemning them with everything I've got.
So far the real threats I see presently come from 'within', from our 'own' people, if you could call them that.


Another criticism I hear against Max K is his 'ramping' of silver at $50, yes it wasn't too smart but I'm reluctant to condemn him for it, as it is so easy to do so after the event, but what if silver had carried on up to $80 and he has said sell everything you've got at $50?

It could have, in fact as far as I'm concerned it should have. Here is a metal that hasn't even broken its' 1980 highs, a metal where demand increase while above ground stockpiles shrink.
All the fundamentals shriek 'BUY', whether that is done at $50 or $30 is in my mind kind of irrelevant if the big picture longer term view is taken and it is held in a physical form. It is all a matter of perspective and time frame.

[traderabc] 18/12/2011 10:52

Last few mins with Joe

Ron Paul with Joe Rogan on Leno!

[traderabc] 18/12/2011 10:43

Ron Paul! Ron Paul!



Ron Paul & Joe Rogan on the Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno

[049balt] 17/12/2011 20:27

Interesting article in the Farmers Journal this week about the fact that due to climate change and decling production the US will soon become a net importer of beef, this is expected to continue to drive upward the global price of meat.

I wonder has Jim Rogers factored in the effect that climate change is going to have on world food supplies?.

[apdi71] 17/12/2011 12:40

Quite a good blog entry on the shortcomings of Max Keisers' product:
Everything gets blamed on the likes of J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs - and the Welfare State (wild government spending) and Keynesian ideology (the real reason that Central Banks have been expanding the money supply for so many years) get a pass.

[traderabc] 17/12/2011 10:23

Jim Rogers U.S. investment legend: "I wouldn't buy gold" 12.12.2011

[traderabc] 17/12/2011 10:21

5nappy - 16 Dec'11 - 02:18 - 3380 of 3380


Thanks 5nappy for that very interesting article, lets hope they are serious about reform, because they need a lot of it.

[jeff h] 16/12/2011 14:22

I visited Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush yesterday.

Found the BOTB site - on the 1st floor with an Aston Martin up for grabs.

As the comopany mention, shopping centre sites model is a lot smaller than the airport sites so presumably cheaper to rent.

A punter took the plunge and entered the competition as I looked on.

[apdi71] 15/12/2011 20:29

Soco international are rumoured to be going for a joint oil venture with Petro Vietnam in Myanmar.... As a Soco holder I am a little uncomfortable-- would like to hear that the generals have been put back in their barracks and the secret police had their thumbscrews confiscated first. One nasty socialist regime.

[traderabc] 15/12/2011 11:28

Yeah, Keiser can be a bit OTT, he's prone to exaggeration, and probably completely wrong with some of his pronouncements however I still prefer to listen to people like him rather then the mainstream pundits like Krugman and the other talking heads.


Anyway, does anyone know how to gain some exposure to Myanmar? Rogers will most likely be right about this. One way I guess might be taking a position in their currency.

I have a friend who is a certified and regulated IFA, so naturally I asked her how to gain exposure there, needless to say she didn't have a clue, It went something like this 'Myanmar?, What's that? Burma?!, you must be mad'
This is a good sign in my view, as that was the sort of response I used to get when talking about precious metals a decade ago.




Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Invest in Myanmar financial market
Jim Rogers : I would try to find shares in Myanmar's financial markets in which to invest. They have a very small and fledgling stock market, and they're trying to develop it more and more. Investing there now is like investing in China in 1978, there's shortages of everything. - in bullmarketthinking interview

[apdi71] 14/12/2011 23:01

This pdf booklet also pokes holes in UK banking standards, claiming for example

If Greece adopted the accounting policies used by British banks, it would instantly boost its GDP by a sum equivalent to 50% of its total issued debt.

[fieldhouse] 14/12/2011 22:55

PS
just read the link.What a mess.!!

[fieldhouse] 14/12/2011 22:19

What is Max Keiser on about
AIG
Lehman Bros
MF global.based in the city of london and all uk banks corrupt.!!!!
Total balls

[apdi71] 14/12/2011 21:56

Global currency war becomes serious - Max Keiser

[traderabc] 14/12/2011 12:35

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Jim Rogers : Abolish the Fed

Jim Rogers : The US Government should abolish the federal reserve that's the first thing they should do , and they are not going to do that , but they should do is let the interest rates find their normal rate their realistic level right now Alix masses of people in America the people who have save and invest the people who have done what we would say as the right thing to do are being destroyed , think about all the retirees people who have just been saving and investing they're being destroyed in favor of the people who have done everything the wrong way in the past ten or twenty years ...

[traderabc] 13/12/2011 18:45

Worldwide cocoa shortage to send chocolate prices soaring


Make the most of your chocolate treats this Christmas and start stock-pilling those Celebrations tins, they may not be around for much longer as experts predict that a cocoa crisis is imminent.

We will have a million-ton cocoa shortage within eight years, forcing the price of chocolate to rise significantly.

Industry insiders say the growing demand for chocolate in areas where it wasn't previously popular means cocoa farmers need an area the size of the Ivory Coast to produce more cocoa.

Angus Kennedy, a leading British chocolatier, told The Express: "Part of the problem is the growing demand for chocolate in Asia where countries such as China are turning more towards Western tastes."

If they do not receive more help to boost cocoa bean crops, prices will push chocolate into a delicacy price bracket and we will be forced to find less appealing chocolate substitutes in the market that "don't melt in your mouth" says Kennedy.