tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post208748486082177066..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: How The Dollar Made It This FarFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-2994876547554900112010-06-18T19:07:16.317-07:002010-06-18T19:07:16.317-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-31329202980522988972009-07-10T01:43:24.808-07:002009-07-10T01:43:24.808-07:00Btw Buffet also said a new stimulus was needed: we...Btw Buffet also said a new stimulus was needed: we only took half a viagra the first time, and it was not enough.Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-86468213495480093082009-07-10T01:40:23.986-07:002009-07-10T01:40:23.986-07:00Look at last year! July 15 - Aug. 15 was the BLITZ...<i>Look at last year! July 15 - Aug. 15 was the BLITZKRIEG of dollar/commodity manipulation. Then one month later they lost control!!!</i> <br /><br />Indeed so. During the summer volumes are low, and the markets are easy to control. <br /><br />September/October it might happen...Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-68302869253222226792009-07-09T18:06:44.795-07:002009-07-09T18:06:44.795-07:00"We're going to come out of this better t..."We're going to come out of this better than ever, the best days of America lie ahead but not next year or near decades," he said."<br /><br /><br />There, fixed it for you.Ishkabibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-45736199734417279202009-07-09T16:33:34.146-07:002009-07-09T16:33:34.146-07:00" Buffett said unemployment had "a ways ..." Buffett said unemployment had "a ways to go" and he would not be surprised to see it hit 11 percent before it recovers.<br /><br />"I'm not predicting it but no that would not surprise me," he said of the 11 percent figure."<br /><br />--And now the BEST of it:<br /><br />"We're going to come out of this better than ever, the best days of America lie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-62021321918920077662009-07-09T15:20:50.279-07:002009-07-09T15:20:50.279-07:00Anon,
this crisis has to become very, very ugly. E...Anon,<br />this crisis has to become very, very ugly. Especially for US sheeple. It is for them designed, as they are not used to changing currencies so that they have to BEG for the next CHANGE.We,in EU, will not be that bad affected except jobless people and that in a way which is not as bad as in US. When the American people will be absolutely down, after the next bailout, when it will be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-41035846514469377342009-07-09T15:01:46.024-07:002009-07-09T15:01:46.024-07:00"Know nobody else who is that crazy :))).&quo...<i>"Know nobody else who is that crazy :)))."</i><br /><br />You do now!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-14202921437774521482009-07-09T14:56:51.295-07:002009-07-09T14:56:51.295-07:00@ Martijn : Since 1999/2001, my savings are 90% go...@ Martijn : Since 1999/2001, my savings are 90% goldmetal.<br />Have no goldmine or any other paper anymore.<br />Am still accumulating goldmetal on price weakness with the new savings.<br /><br />Know nobody else who is that crazy :))). <br /><br />I have NO problem selling the goldmetal stash within one second if and when I realize being wrong.<br /><br />Bedtime...<br /><br />( Only buy as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-3930462660428639072009-07-09T14:46:20.504-07:002009-07-09T14:46:20.504-07:00Martijn,
Look at last year! July 15 - Aug. 15 wa...Martijn,<br /><br />Look at last year! July 15 - Aug. 15 was the BLITZKRIEG of dollar/commodity manipulation. Then one month later they lost control!!!FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-84931865169107646502009-07-09T14:38:01.653-07:002009-07-09T14:38:01.653-07:00Here is the game right now... It is no longer sus...Here is the game right now... It is no longer sustainable, therefore it is no longer about dollar hegemony. It is now about INDIVIDUAL SELF PRESERVATION. The scorched earth retreat of the elite!<br /><br />What matters is not how it SHOULD be, that is a socialist dream. What matters is how it IS.<br /><br />The paper casino market sets the price for gold, because only a few are using that FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-11692169847537580022009-07-09T14:36:23.505-07:002009-07-09T14:36:23.505-07:00Would it be helpful to anyone that this Goldman st...Would it be helpful to anyone that this Goldman stuff is happening at the beginning of the holiday season?Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-54015418762340429982009-07-09T14:31:44.075-07:002009-07-09T14:31:44.075-07:00@Anon
And, what does your portfolio look like?@Anon<br /><br />And, what does your portfolio look like?Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-13340827053667070052009-07-09T14:24:48.237-07:002009-07-09T14:24:48.237-07:00@ Fauvi : What I want to illustrate are all the th...@ Fauvi : What I want to illustrate are all the thoughts and forces that compete in this complex transition process.<br /><br />As an (independant-outside-neutral) observer, I wish to put everything on the balance as to decide in what nest to put which eggs.<br /><br />A crisis is not a SYSTEMIC CRISIS and vice versa ! <br /><br />All this boils down to how much goldmetal do I accumulate !? 5% - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-89374121797673531622009-07-09T14:23:51.101-07:002009-07-09T14:23:51.101-07:00And gold is the most user friendly commodity there...<i>And gold is the most user friendly commodity there is</i>.<br /><br />That might be very true indeedMartijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-41189251582052496062009-07-09T14:21:16.349-07:002009-07-09T14:21:16.349-07:00Well, it should not be just a matter of currency, ...Well, it should not be just a matter of currency, if gold or fiat. Many people around the world are suffering now for this "reform".If Ameropa is to fight for supremacy having gold as currency it would not make a better world for the future. Even having gold in your pockets we will not feel happier under the pending circumstances.And the hardship to achieve this goal will be long and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-73048661527272183762009-07-09T14:16:33.810-07:002009-07-09T14:16:33.810-07:00I don't think there will ever be a "one-w...I don't think there will ever be a "one-world currency". I only said it was POSSIBLE once things are in balance. I see MANY world currencies in competition, without one master.FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-32875568638407120752009-07-09T14:14:48.678-07:002009-07-09T14:14:48.678-07:00Not if you understand the meaning when I say "...Not if you understand the meaning when I say "possession will be 9/10ths of the law". Paper claims will be settled in paper.<br /><br />Some gold has likely left physically. Most has left on paper only. Most of the physical movement came from OTHER CB's.FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-56514575948570540512009-07-09T14:12:46.494-07:002009-07-09T14:12:46.494-07:00I doubt a world-currency to be that efficient, at ...I doubt a world-currency to be that efficient, at least not when that currency is the only one used.<br /><br />The theory on optimum currency area's argues against it.Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-16309710194904958562009-07-09T14:11:02.115-07:002009-07-09T14:11:02.115-07:00And the US will likely reveal it still has TONNES ...<i>And the US will likely reveal it still has TONNES of gold.</i><br /><br />Quite possibly so, but that would somewhat contradict many GATA and other claims, wouldn't it?Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-19654199686319130352009-07-09T14:09:46.845-07:002009-07-09T14:09:46.845-07:00Anon,
Do you have a link (may be in German) on th...Anon,<br /><br />Do you have a link (may be in German) on this DeMaiziere quote?Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-46015819229375512002009-07-09T14:07:04.014-07:002009-07-09T14:07:04.014-07:00In an unbalanced world you cannot simply introduce...In an unbalanced world you cannot simply introduce a new currency by fiat and proclaim "PROBLEM SOLVED"! Nothing is solved until the existing imbalance is corrected.<br /><br />A one-world currency is possible, but ONLY AFTER the balance between the East and West is dealt with. <br /><br />Please tell me one way OTHER than freegold that this imbalance can REALISTICALLY be corrected toFOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-1240790678598472352009-07-09T14:06:22.172-07:002009-07-09T14:06:22.172-07:00That Spiegel story is interesting indeed. I bought...That Spiegel story is interesting indeed. I bought it on paper in German yesterday having to wait somewhere. <br /><br />Some notes:<br /><br /><i>Greenspan was long a member of the BIS board of directors and was effectively White's superior. As a fervent champion of the free market, he advocated the model of minimal intervention.</i> <br />Is keeping interest artificially low really the sameMartijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691085642452851905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-47513318326723404322009-07-09T14:04:58.636-07:002009-07-09T14:04:58.636-07:00" Collapse of the System "
Speaking ..." Collapse of the System "<br /><br /> <br /><br />Speaking about the agenda of next week's Munich session of the German-Russian Petersburg Dialogue forum, De Maiziere said that the difference between eastern and western Germans is that the easterners view the present global economic-financial crisis as a crisis of the system, whereas the westerners still view it as only a crisis Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-6257495185817264332009-07-09T13:52:23.685-07:002009-07-09T13:52:23.685-07:00Anon,
were did you dig that from???
One way of und...Anon,<br />were did you dig that from???<br />One way of understanding the future debate over the Eurodollar will be to look at which interest groups will come out in favor of a currency union and which will oppose the currency union. In the case of a Eurodollar currency union, direct losers would be few. Although there might be ideological opposition, economic opposition would come mainly from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7710633250649869152009-07-09T13:32:25.606-07:002009-07-09T13:32:25.606-07:00it's just a matter of symbols quite plain. A. ...it's just a matter of symbols quite plain. A. Canova worked with marble, their "sculpture" is in financial material. That is very Italian mentality and very transparent.Why didn't Berlusconi buy some DVDs like Obama for Brown? Why not some Italian painter?<br />And Pope calls for "world political authority"<br />And someone pays for les grands seigneurs.<br />FauviAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com