tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post92623363490097152..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: The Debtors and the Savers 2012FOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger554125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-58720919750309637072012-07-02T05:45:50.942-07:002012-07-02T05:45:50.942-07:00Costata, I love your Chopper.
Gary, I'm not S...Costata, I love your Chopper.<br /><br />Gary, I'm not Scottish or fat. But everything is relative & around here that 33% strike rate of yours often feels like pretty good going. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhXX-ztxRIc" rel="nofollow">Hi-5</a>! ;)DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-67689366047753696782012-07-02T03:03:38.090-07:002012-07-02T03:03:38.090-07:00costata,
again, thanks for the warm words to a des...costata,<br />again, thanks for the warm words to a desperated soul. But:<br />"I'd like to think that we are trying to accurately perceive reality annd test our theories against reality."<br /><br />100%ACK, so why calling essential things (at least in my mind) going on in Europe a "sideshow"? And in case your observation is that the ESM is a "sideshow", why is AdvocatusDiabolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290930478826481037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-48688892682339587692012-07-01T20:10:29.484-07:002012-07-01T20:10:29.484-07:00Thanks, Blondie. I now see what happened. When I c...Thanks, Blondie. I now see what happened. When I clicked on it originally, it didn't take me to an address. It just downloaded the pdf.Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-3771553971211433122012-07-01T19:32:14.353-07:002012-07-01T19:32:14.353-07:00Edwardo,
It links (successfully for me still) to ...Edwardo,<br /><br />It links (successfully for me still) to this address:<br /><br />http://www.atomcapital.co.uk/wp-content/files_mf/1340695989AR_0612b.pdfPiripihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271512349186616514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-57788339741275160602012-07-01T19:29:51.510-07:002012-07-01T19:29:51.510-07:00For whatever reason, only one of Blondie's lin...For whatever reason, only one of Blondie's links-Finance and Economics- responded to my click.Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-42622171725344954972012-07-01T16:51:14.890-07:002012-07-01T16:51:14.890-07:00Blondie,
Both excellent articles you have linked....Blondie,<br /><br />Both excellent articles you have linked. I read the Butler piece earlier and highly recommend it to readers.<br /><br />It relation to the Macleod piece I would like to add that I don't think it would matter, in the long run, whether the Fed or some other institution manages to get some paper gold accepted as a Tier 1 asset as a concession to get this deal over the line.<costatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-25865811605182095522012-07-01T16:31:46.720-07:002012-07-01T16:31:46.720-07:00Alien,
I'm about to go and read those pieces ...Alien,<br /><br />I'm about to go and read those pieces that Blondie linked. I think the push for gold to be a Tier 1 asset is very big news.<br /><br />IMVHO two other things whose importance cannot be underestimated are cutting Iran off from SWIFT and this Libor rigging scandal. The latter is not going away. These guys have ripped off "people who matter" AKA other powerful memberscostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-37075930153707919222012-07-01T16:19:49.018-07:002012-07-01T16:19:49.018-07:00Costata,
could you really expand that article a bi...Costata,<br />could you really expand that article a bit?<br />I do not understand its technical part exactly.<br />Thanks.Alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272984826880107738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-20182950522985068412012-07-01T16:16:32.194-07:002012-07-01T16:16:32.194-07:00Nicely said, Costata!
I like it a lot better when...Nicely said, Costata!<br /><br />I like it a lot better when you show your soft belly too because there are also emotions people have when seeing this disaster approaching albeit it doesn't touch one directly so badly as the rest of the people.<br /><br />How do you see the post linked by Blondie re LBMA's lobbying for gold as tier one asset?<br />Do you share AMcL perspective?Alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272984826880107738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-15424423662938305682012-07-01T15:48:19.766-07:002012-07-01T15:48:19.766-07:00AD,
When you simply express your views without th...AD,<br /><br />When you simply express your views without the caps lock and ranting yes we love you.<br /><br />A couple of points. Sorry you feel despondent about the German parliament vote but it goes to the heart of one of the guiding principles of the analytical approach of this blog. It, or something like it, was always going to happen. Government will try to save the banking system and costatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-46849735927557562902012-07-01T14:41:28.505-07:002012-07-01T14:41:28.505-07:00@beer holiday: couldn't follow you the other d...@beer holiday: couldn't follow you the other day, maybe my englisch isn't good enough or you just had too much beer (or you need a Haldol). What I wrote is just what I wrote, no tangent.<br /><br />@DP: gods work, well, that might be a bit over the top but I got your tune. As for that specific Gold coin, I have a persistent feeling that she's gonna save it ;-)<br /><br />Interesting KnallGoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078549691961474276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-59626008949635889052012-07-01T14:34:52.396-07:002012-07-01T14:34:52.396-07:00All,
My apologies for duplicated comments. I gene...All,<br /><br />My apologies for duplicated comments. I generally read comments from my email and wasn't seeing them show up. Technology...<br /><br />Beer Holiday,<br /><br />There are a lot of bible passages that I find strikingly applicable to America, and the current paradigm...<br /><br />Gary,<br /><br />Life is short!Nickelsaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252539946241943478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-6520032819748308442012-07-01T13:29:13.616-07:002012-07-01T13:29:13.616-07:00Further commentary on forthcoming Basel 3 regulati...Further commentary on <a href="http://alasdairmacleod.blogspot.com/2012/07/gold-re-entering-monetary-system.html" rel="nofollow">forthcoming Basel 3 regulations</a> and <a href="http://www.atomcapital.co.uk/wp-content/files_mf/1340695989AR_0612b.pdf" rel="nofollow">gold as zero-risk weighted asset</a>.Piripihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271512349186616514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-52949705302057832812012-07-01T12:40:33.798-07:002012-07-01T12:40:33.798-07:00Zenscreamer,
Someone else may come along in the n...Zenscreamer,<br /><br />Someone else may come along in the next little while and provide a very different, and, likely,<br />better response to your question, which seems to be:<br /><br />"what is to prevent them (BBs) from just slowly adding new clients, one at a time, and keeping the effective two-tiered system going indefinitely?" <br /><br />The BBs and their OTC deals will be Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-77366069210328332522012-07-01T12:10:54.989-07:002012-07-01T12:10:54.989-07:00Pondering "Life in the Ant Farm" as is r...Pondering "Life in the Ant Farm" as is relates to Uncle Sluggard.<br /><br />"Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little foldingNickelsaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252539946241943478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-52342407322156467632012-07-01T11:19:53.595-07:002012-07-01T11:19:53.595-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nickelsaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252539946241943478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-59199097009624330902012-07-01T11:07:17.393-07:002012-07-01T11:07:17.393-07:00costata&blondie,
thanks for you encouraging co...costata&blondie,<br />thanks for you encouraging comment. Yesterday was a horrible day, just when I woke up I heard on the radio that the ESM law passed the german parlament... I was hammered, completely desperated...okay brownnosers do dumb things, but what made me so hopeless, that even the opposition acknowledged the vote. So all in all >>66% (this is also the majority needed to AdvocatusDiabolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290930478826481037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-88476435930391544602012-07-01T10:43:49.687-07:002012-07-01T10:43:49.687-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nickelsaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252539946241943478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-13253694590481267902012-07-01T09:23:28.433-07:002012-07-01T09:23:28.433-07:00@Jorge
As I'm sure many here would mention, t...@Jorge<br /><br />As I'm sure many here would mention, the statistic about the profit from investing in the "stock market" is seriously warped by the effect of survivor bias. I'm not saying that there weren't historical periods when the component companies of various indexes didn't do well as investments, but an actual investor putting his $FRN into the stock market in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693097553875281549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-36255512209833504372012-07-01T09:10:00.698-07:002012-07-01T09:10:00.698-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552877086935070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-53488227899608812342012-07-01T08:30:27.875-07:002012-07-01T08:30:27.875-07:00I just read through all of the new comments, and I...I just read through all of the new comments, and I found the debate between Gary and the others to be very helpful and illuminating for me personally, so I think you all for helping to clear up some of the fog in my mind.<br /><br />I had many of the same questions, and I agree that I just don't see many J6P going into gold en masse: today, he thinks it's in a bubble and post-revaluation Jorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225012102700238471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-64490684897065356162012-07-01T08:02:15.684-07:002012-07-01T08:02:15.684-07:00DP,
This even more so:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...DP,<br /><br />This even more so:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arxoh8f-mec&feature=relatedcostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-18372280444362601862012-07-01T07:49:28.943-07:002012-07-01T07:49:28.943-07:00DP,
I may just be deeply sick but I thought this ...DP,<br /><br />I may just be deeply sick but I thought this was hilarious:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwrel&v=q0wwVFCsZlQcostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-30671421734479814452012-07-01T07:38:41.443-07:002012-07-01T07:38:41.443-07:00Commenting on what Blondie mentioned about India G...Commenting on what Blondie mentioned about India Gold<br /><br /><i>Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Dr. K C Chakrabarty said here, on Thursday.<br /><br />Addressing a symposium -Banking Tech Summit- hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, he said that the yellow metal was an index of elite society of yore.<br />"Wearing the gold as a jewellery was a cultureBijuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02244761585623384771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-44378712006135452352012-07-01T06:27:02.197-07:002012-07-01T06:27:02.197-07:00Edwardo,
I'll stand by this statement:
The F...Edwardo,<br /><br />I'll stand by this statement:<br /><br /><i>The Federal government controls the currency.</i><br /><br />My timeline for the day of reckoning begins with the commencement of the EU banking union.<br /><br />Cheerscostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.com