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[traderabc] 24/12/2011 17:09

'An attack on the very productive', who bankrupted many nations in the western world. How would they define the very unproductive? The military?

Alyona v. Peter Schiff: 1% Fights Back!

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 17:46

Jim Rogers - Finance News Network Interview - December 22, 2011

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 17:39

"The sharks will be eating sharks, till there's only one big burping shark left, Goldman.."

Jim Sinclair

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 13:29

Jim Rogers : Italy & Greece should stay in the Euro

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 13:28

US economy is a bubble that will burst: Jim Rogers

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 13:27

Biggest Risk for the U.S. Economy in 2012

[traderabc] 23/12/2011 09:07

tenpan

Agri-Food Thoughts
12/21/2011
By Ned W Schmidt12/21/2011

[traderabc] 22/12/2011 23:16

RAP NEWS X - #Occupy2012

[traderabc] 22/12/2011 21:27

[KR226] Keiser Report: Capitalism Without Capital?

[tenapen] 22/12/2011 13:03

Thanks again Trader,

[traderabc] 22/12/2011 12:07

Obalt, I hope you don't hedge using one of these dodgy clearing houses like MF Global. This might interest you.

Peter Schiff interviews Ann Barnhardt Dec 21, 2011

[traderabc] 22/12/2011 12:07

Cenk Uygur Cuts Off Peter Schiff's Mic Then Kicks Him Off The Show!




A good response to the fool Chenk

[traderabc] 21/12/2011 15:04

Obama and Geithner: Government, Enron-Style

POSTED: December 20, 10:06 AM ET

Matt Taibbi

Strongly recommend this piece at the Huffington Post by Jeff Connaughton, a former aide to Senator Ted Kaufman. Jeff is one of the smartest guys on the Hill and is particularly strong on issues surrounding Wall Street and the regulatory system. In this piece, he takes apart the oft-stated mantra that what Wall Street firms did during and after the crisis was maybe unethical, but not illegal.

He takes particular aim at Barack Obama, who recently tossed that line out on 60 Minutes in what I thought was one of the real low moments of his presidency. Here's Jeff's take:

[traderabc] 21/12/2011 14:28

Party like it's 1955..


North Korea Party Rock Anthem

[traderabc] 21/12/2011 11:58

THE POUND IS ABOUT TO HIT TURBULENCE

Wednesday 21st December 2011, 12:29am
DIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG

THIS year, trade in sterling has been relatively subdued. With market attention focused on the euro, UK credit markets escaped scrutiny. This lack of limelight helped cable to maintain relative strength throughout the year. Some traders even argued that the pound deserved to be viewed as a safe-haven currency given the country's independent monetary policy. Yet, in 2012, many of these assumptions may come under assault if the UK economy begins to weaken and the bond market vigilantes set their sights on UK sovereign debt – making it the next target of the shorts.

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 20:13

049balt, I think I've put this one up already, nothing else there, his last one was about gold.

Agri-Food Thoughts

With 2011 about to be history, investor should be thinking about two matters. How did various market sectors perform during the year, and why did they do so? That task is part of the learning process. It allows us to refine our thinking, and shed thoughts that will not be productive in the future. Second, we are of course interested in the implications of current trends for investments in the coming year. 2012 is still a blank page. Thus far as 2012 is concerned, we have made no mistakes. To start this learning process the first chart portrays the performance of the various sectors of the Agri-Food market over the past year.

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 20:12

Commodities Run in Supercycles

Commodity prices can be very volatile, oftentimes more so than just about any other asset class. These large price swings, which have been particularly evident in recent years, have given commodities their reputation for high risk. Those investors who lack a large buffer of disposable risk capital are repeatedly advised to steer clear. But for those investors who can bear the risk, and who look to invest in commodities as an inflation hedge, there is some evidence to suggest that commodity prices move in long term "supercycles," which play out over years and even decades. By observing and understanding these movements, these investors may be able to be more strategic in their approach.

[049balt] 20/12/2011 19:26

Anything from Agri-thoughts?

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 19:05

Gold, Inflation, Paul Krugman Challenge

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 18:57

Big firms let off £25BILLION in taxes: As families are chased for every penny, corporate giants dodge their massive bills




BECKY BARROW and ROB COOPER
UK Daily Mail
December 20, 2011

Britain's biggest firms owe the taxman up to £25.5billion, but are regularly let off the hook, MPs say today.

The sum is equivalent to £1,000 for every British family – or the equivalent of 6p being cut from the basic rate of income tax.

While families, shopkeepers and small businesses are forced to pay their bills in full, big businesses are striking favourable deals and have an 'far too cosy' relationship with HM Revenue and Customs.

They are having their tax bills cut or managing to avoid paying interest.

Dave Hartnett, the out-going HMRC chief executive, was wined and dined 107 times by big firms' tax lawyers and advisors between 2007 and 2009, the report revealed.

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 18:31

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Jim Rogers : Abolish the Federal Reserve

Jim Rogers: They should abolish the Federal Reserve. That would be the first thing they should do. They are not going to do that but what they should do is let interest rates find their normal rate, their realistic level. Right now masses of people in America, the people who save and invest, the people who we would say have done the right thing, are being destroyed because [of low] interest rates. I mean think of all of the retirees. Not even the retirees, the people who have been saving and investing. They are being destroyed by the people who have done everything the wrong way in the past 10 or 20 years. When you destroy your class which saves and invests, you are really undermining the system very very badly. And I find that not a good thing. So, if I were the Federal Reserve, now they would scream and say you can't do it, we'd have problems , we'd have unemployment etc. I beg to differ with them but even if we did, we've got to correct them. We've made a lot of mistakes in the past 50 years. We are the largest debtor nation in the history of the world. I mean it's staggering what we are doing. The debts are going higher and higher and someday, you've got to pay the piper. This has been going on for a long long time. You can't just wake up one day and say well you know we've made a mistake, let's change that. You've still got to pay for the mistakes. - in the street.com

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 14:57

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
-Cicero... 55 BC

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 14:34

Lol!

Daniel Hannan: The E.U says F.U. to Every Member State

[traderabc] 20/12/2011 14:11

What Jim Rogers and Pippa Malmgren can learn from Shonda Warner
Peter M.J. Gross