Last Updated: Mar 25th, 2013 - 16:46:15 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Thought for the Day The one thing that is certain is that the world is a vastly uncertain place. To succeed in farming, as explained by a friend of mine, you need three things going for you: The Weather, The Exchange Rate, and International Food Commodity Prices. If these three things are all going well, in the same year, then you will make a profit - probably. This is just life and farmers understand this. Lamb prices have been depressed for a few years and this year they are going well. Those who have sheep farms in good weather areas will make a profit this year - if the exchange rate is favourable. Unfortunately many farmers have had to sell down their flocks during the previous bad seasons. On top of this, our Labour-led Government has seen fit to impose "Global Warming" penalties on to our farmers. (And onto all of us impoverished tax-payers). The subsidised farmers of the wealthy nations are exempt from the crazy Carbon Credit payments system but not the New Zealand farmer. Yet New Zealanders rest on the exports generated from our farms. Are we mad? Is our National-led government no more aware of reality than our last government? Our farmers are already shifting overseas to Australia and to Argentina. Fair enough to have an open market economy, but to penalise the sector that we all rely on for our prosperity by imposing carbon taxes based on animals' emissions and some dubious assertions dressed up as science, is to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. A level playing field is one thing. But our farmers will soon be playing up-hill in very uncertain times. Do we have to wait for a disaster of Muldoon proportions before we can summon up the courage to face reality? May 22, 2009, 12:06 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 China's Stockpiles Seen as New Sovereign Wealth Strategy China has been a civilised nation for thousands of years. In 900AD when they discovered paper they also tried paper money. This became known as "Fly Away" money, for obvious reasons, and they returned to a silver based currency for 9 centuries until the 1930s, when America persuaded them to join the world currency system. I think they probably know a thing or two about money. May 19, 2009, 10:22 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve? If you are under the impression that the US government knows what is going on back at the Federal Reserve or that the Inspector General can tell them what is happening then you are in for a big surprise when you watch this video. They are all in uncharted territory with no compass - moral or magnetic. We are all in big trouble. [ Visit Website ] May 16, 2009, 13:46 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Never-Ending Government Lies About Markets Know the truth and the truth will set you free. [ Visit Website ] May 15, 2009, 08:51 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 What Keeps Us Safe? Is a private company more capable of regulating safety than the government? The answer may surprise you. Then again it may not! [ Visit Website ] May 13, 2009, 12:22 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Darth Greenspan We know that The Wizard of Oz was a political allegory of its time. So is Star Wars??? [ Visit Website ] May 13, 2009, 12:11 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 The Educated Investor Gold and Silver are the "canary in the coal mine" of economic health. When bankers, politicians and economists run the money system astray with their insistence that they are capable of running it with "just a bit more regulation" then the price of gold and silver starts to rise as people become uncertain about the value of their paper money. When we find that the US Government is suppressing the price of gold and silver we discover some very interesting anomalies. As Ted Butler says: "The first lesson is that there is a lot less silver available for investment than there is gold. There are twice as many physical ounces of actual gold bullion (2 billion) than silver (1 billion). The fact that there is more gold than silver is virtually unknown. The fact that there is more gold than silver, in light of gold being 70 times more expensive than silver, is so counter-intuitive that the vast majority of people could never accept it, no matter what the proof." If we understand REAL Economics we know what will happen next. This story explains why silver is such a good investment at the moment. I find it fascinating to see whether the government can actually control the economy as they think they can or whether ordinary people following their natural inclinations will win out in the end. Time will tell. [ Visit Website ] May 12, 2009, 19:19 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920 Most of the economic history I have read - and that is not much - seemed to be distorted and did not reflect reality. This video clip tells you the one important lesson from the depression of 1920 that historians cannot understand and basically tell lies about in an effort to substantiate their case about the 1929 depression. Straight forward and simple truths could solve the current depression the Americans are experiencing, and which is going to impinge more and more on our economy, and the truth is ignored and people will suffer more hardship over a longer period than they should. Doing more of what created the problem in the first place hardly seems to be a solution to the problem. Yet that is what establishment economists are pushing onto our political leaders. How much worse will our economies get? [ Visit Website ] May 12, 2009, 13:49 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 "We Will Not Obey Illegal Orders" The Empire is in trouble. America has strayed a long way from its constitution and not only the promise to use only gold and silver as money. Some people are fighting back. [ Visit Website ] May 11, 2009, 14:13 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Interview - Of Private Banking Our modern banking system is obviously not working as we would want. Do we have alternatives? Is history any guide? [ Visit Website ] May 11, 2009, 13:53 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 The Gold Monetization Scheme is Ending The rule of thumb for all detectives is, "to follow the money". So, in my efforts to understand economics that is just what I have been doing. I have discovered that "Gold is Money"; and that paper money is devaluing at around 10% per annum. So I keep on following the gold trail. It is getting more and more interesting and the fascinating point is that more and more of the general public is becoming aware of the facts as more journalists also follow the money. At some stage this story will explode into action May 11, 2009, 12:26 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Global Economics on Tilt - How to Protect Your Assets Finance Houses and Banks are not very safe places for your money - even when you can get a government guarantee, that doesn't necessarily guarantee that your paper money will retain its purchasing power! How much is gold REALLY worth? May 8, 2009, 15:05 Newsletters : 2009 Newsletters : 22 May 2009 Quote for the Week "For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are." Niccolo Machiavelli - (1469-1527) Italian Statesman and Political Philosopher - Source: Discourses, 1513-1517 May 5, 2009, 11:31