China, Collapse Already bubbles $GLD $BOM $SLV $CZI $DUST $DZZ $BRIS etc.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/05/11/565696/chinese-commodity-imports-are-falling/ Gosh, just do it already. Here are some leaders for bubble ideas: gold, iron ore, zinc, lead, cotton, soybeans all bubbles. if you bought the ETN BOM (2x short base metals) in the middle of 2008 and sold into the market crash, you made 300%. it’s tied to aluminum, zinc, and copper But as China [...]
Silver, Commodities, Cycles
yep, silver is looking as volatile as ever. what else is not looking good? base metals… generally speaking, volatility precedes declines.. i never know much of anything, but it appears to me that silver should be heading much lower, bottom line is you never know much of anything and it’s all a big bet. if [...]
Would you buy an investment that was absolutely guaranteed to lose money?
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112688/tips-bonds-investment-marketwatch;_ylt=AkIB4lo88cR6f23eE2iLZY9O7sMF;_ylu=X3oDMTFhcjJ1cmpzBHBvcwM0BHNlYwNzcGVjaWFsRmVhdHVyZXMEc2xrA3RpcHN0aGVsYXRlcw–?mod=bb-budgeting Commentary: Millions hold an investment guaranteed to lose money Would you buy an investment that was absolutely guaranteed to lose money? More fromMarketWatch.com: • Get Ready for Another Flash Crash • Speculators Seen Leading Commodities Crash • Credit Will Save Stock Bulls in Next ‘Flash Crash’ No ifs, ands or buts: This sucker will make you poorer! [...]
Andy Xie – I can’t say it better than him $FXI $$
By Andy Xie BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — The central government has embarked on a monetary tightening program to slow the nation’s growth rate and fight inflation, using credit rationing as its main tool. It’s a policy that’s compounding the nation’s inefficient allocation of capital. It’s also contributing to slower growth potential in China [...]
Altucher – on losing millions, and $SLV
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/01/what-it-feels-like-to-be-rich/ I gotta hand it to him. That’s exactly what it’s like. Maybe one day I’ll commit to this blog enough to write out full sentences and make it something that the average person can follow. Gold is way overvalued, Buffett is right. Lots of bubbles out there right now, gold, housing, but you make [...]
China, Silver etc $SLV $AGQ $ZSL
China — looks very familiar now as it did 50 years ago, when they instituted policy that starved pretty much everyone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward Silver? I went short. Industrial commodities? Be afraid.
Greece continues to lie
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Greece-says-debt-absolutely-apf-1554110454.html;_ylt=Aofycnjc_yze_oEtsE88E0q7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1ZG0wcnJzBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNncmVlY2VzYXlzZGU-?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode= Greece says debt ‘absolutely sustainable’ Greece says debt ‘absolutely sustainable,’ insists market access possible in 2012 This reminds me of my friend Steven Stante in 7th grade. I lent him a dollar at 10% interest daily so that he could buy cookies from a vending machine. I figure since I made that loan, he [...]
$GLD $SLV – The news that no one is telling you.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-14/news/29417583_1_economies-food-security-local-currencies Game over for the US dollar. At least for being the reserve currency of the world.
$CYB – The Yuan is perhaps overvalued
I am thinking that overall, the yuan is overvalued. They own a lot of us treasuries, and the dollar is losing value through monetization and in china they are experiencing high inflation. Inflation is the erosion of purchasing power. I think that there is a real estate bubble in china. I think that the ignorance [...]
Inflation – It’s happening $GLD $SLV $AGQ $TBT
http://thenewsunit.blogspot.com/2011/04/warren-buffet-paper-money-is-not-good.html George soros’s largest holdings are in gold. His think tank suggests that the “too big to fail” banks have put options on the US government and the US government wont let them fail. marc faber agrees. anyway, a lot of our inflation has been exported to emerging markets. i am anticipating an overall abandoning [...]