Highland Gold Mining Ld Share Discussion Threads

[loganair] 30/3/2018 18:06

What I see is happening is China is turning the heat up on North Korea and will help with South Korea to integrate the North because unlike West Germany with East Germany, South Korea can not really afford to pay for the integration with North Korea.

By doing this once integration is under way China hopes that South Korea will say to the US that they no longer need American troops stationed in their country and tell them to go home.

It seems to me that China's end game is to bring the whole of Korea into it's fold.

[casual47] 30/3/2018 16:46

At least US has a fair degree of transparency and more importantly laws and checks and balances that have stood the test of time for several hundreds of years.

The current form of China is still very young, under 4 decades, and experimental (the Chinese way of running the economy has only existed in China) and nobody but the very top of the party knows what is really going on. Mistakes that would reflect badly on the state are covered up.

As an investor it seems to me China is the proverbial pig in a poke. You just don't know what it is you'll be eating....

[loganair] 30/3/2018 16:27

In my view the only thing that will give is the United States economy which is corrupt as they come.

The educated and well-travelled populace will not mind as long as the economy keeps growing, they become more prosperous and are able to keep travelling.

I have been to both the United States and to China, personally I preferred China.

[casual47] 30/3/2018 16:07

The crux of the matter is this: China's economy is a state-controlled, highly protectionist form of pretend capitalism. It does not have the safety valves that Western capitalism has, meaning that its flaws are systemic.

All companies in China are state companies and ultimately backed by the treasury. Not healthy.

Add to that an ever-increasing tension between one-party communist rule (under the current presidency going all retro-Mao) and an increasingly educated and well-travelled populace, with an insationable desire for the nice things in life.

Something will need to give.

[casual47] 30/3/2018 15:44

Loganair, they think so far ahead they built vast cities that have been laying completely empty for years now.

China, imo, is sitting on several bubbles and one way or another they will burst.....big time.

[loganair] 30/3/2018 15:38

cas - One of the big differences between China and the Western world is how they think long term, 50 years ahead, and therefore there policies are long term whereas Western policies often only think as far ahead as the next election.

[11_percent] 30/3/2018 15:25

loganair,

Its going to happen.
It is a drop n the ocean at the moment, but a start.

[casual47] 30/3/2018 15:21

As long as China is a 'black box' it seems folly to get heavily into their currency. Anyone taking the communist party's account of their economy as gospel should have their head examined.

Imo etc

[haughtonhoney] 30/3/2018 11:33

Interesting viewpoint.

[loganair] 30/3/2018 09:48

Why do I think the next recession is just around the corner - M&A is at a record high of $1.2 trillion which is 1/3rd more then the previous high set in 2007 just before the financial crisis.

[shadyhill] 29/3/2018 16:44

Agreed.
I’ll keep this updated to see how accurate this TA is

[casual47] 29/3/2018 15:43

Would be good if someone would keep track of all these clairvoyancies and then see how much of it was bullsh1t.

But nobody ever does and people get away with stuff like that, unless it's 'broken clock right twice a day', then we don't hear the end of it.

[shadyhill] 29/3/2018 15:15

Gold looking like hitting the 1287 target in the next 4/5 trading days. Should be a great entry point.

[stevedaytrader] 29/3/2018 07:02

Morning all- dollar slightly weaker
slight recovery on gold in line with this, this, fingers crossed for the day

[shayadfn] 29/3/2018 06:12

haughtonhoney, I have always got my divi from iii (TD direct previously), the day the company pays out, this time in US Dollars, so if the US Dollars gains over the UK pound,then its more money for me.

[loganair] 28/3/2018 23:24

HSBC say they are looking at only 2 more Fed rate rises this year and just 1 for 2019, then that is the end of the Fed rate rising cycle. The difference between all the banks is huge as others are saying the Fed will raise rates 3 times during 2019 and a further 2 in 2020.

[haughtonhoney] 28/3/2018 21:54

Shay - will you get the divi from CEN that quickly? Bestinvest took about 8-9 weeks to pay it last time :/

[loganair] 28/3/2018 21:07

steve - The percentage drop I gave was correct at the time I looked.

And now gold is down the following:

$ -1.15%...$15.49
£ -0.69%...£.6.58
R -0.67%...R525

[shayadfn] 28/3/2018 20:57

I added today, looking to add more in the coming weeks, looking for trading update and divi, Alreadly due to get a hefty divi from cey on the 6th April

[loganair] 28/3/2018 18:31

In Sterling terms gold is down 0.75% and only down 0.5% in roubles.

[stevedaytrader] 28/3/2018 18:18

It's heavy for a day and 34% greater- 1.34%.