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Those castles in LV and Macau were built by losers. <br /><br />Just as the stock market and Forex can be just as addictive. Long term the winners are the brokerage firms, money managers and anyone associated with the skim. They win as long as they have players in the game. There are probably some dubious statistics that say 10% of investors come out ahead in the long run. What is the long run and how much do they come out ahead?<br /><br />As for those who cry when the price of PMs go down the hell with them they are big babies. Sell and stop crying. They don't understand the ebb and flow of money. GS, JPM, BAC, Citi, Morgan Stanley they get it and they still had to be bailed out. They will do it again because they have no downside. The Fed backstops their losses. <br /><br />It's the old saying the best way to rob a bank is to own one. "Give me control of a nations money supply, and I care not who makes it’s laws"Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-17051861965992291082013-02-19T15:02:02.689-05:002013-02-19T15:02:02.689-05:00Boss is away this week, so Yours Truly gets to sit...Boss is away this week, so Yours Truly gets to sit in on the two daily manager's meetings here at the Paper Mill.<br /><br />And what was discussed? The #2 Mgr talked about the need to conserve energy. "Oil is just killing us and we are barely hanging on."<br /><br />Now, THAT does not exactly give me a case of the warm fuzzzies, as far as the Mill staying in business!<br /><br />In lighter news, it seemswe have a bunch of excess pink paper. Some is too light, and some is too dark. Spent ~5 minutes discussing this.<br /><br />There's always a light side (or a pink side) to any sad tale. LOL!Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331079890390629462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-70161933294690787882013-02-19T13:45:17.957-05:002013-02-19T13:45:17.957-05:00As far as Macau goes, it brings to mind the proble...As far as Macau goes, it brings to mind the problem gamblers I've seen in the psych ward. We had one recently who blew money in Macau, and other places, during a manic phase. Asians gravitate toward there the way that Anglos (and a lot of Asians) aim for Las Vegas. When the mania wears off, and they see the debts they've incurred and other damage they've done, they get suicidal. I have a jaded view of gambling, though, because I only encounter the gamblers who have wrecked their lives. I'm sure there are tens of times more who keep their losses to a slow, controlled burn rate.<br /><br />I read about the "crackdown" on "junkets" -- i.e. leading sheep to be fleeced -- run by the triad gangs. And I read between the lines of the guy saying "in spite of past crackdowns, gamblelife goes on." What that tells cynical me is that the "crackdown" only applies to the gangs that are out of favour, or who have not paid off the right official. Those triads get cracked down upon. It's the government acting as the biggest thug in town. The Chinese .gov, or whatever faction of it controls the Macau racket, can't be bothered with the small stuff of busing cash cows into town. Instead, it collects "rent" by skimming the crooks who fill the buses. All enforced by the government's monopoly on using force, the local police's muscle to bust non-approved junketeers. <br /><br />And the local .gov which collects vigorish from the triads probably has to pay bribes on up the line to higher-level government crims. It worked the same way for government favours in the early Byzantine Empire, based on what I read in "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vo. II." Probably no different in the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations, either. Layer upon layer of leeches, all dependent on the lost wages of the average Zhou in China. Good thing there's a lot of suckers! Otherwise, the government would fall apart.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-22163518308092473732013-02-19T13:24:24.808-05:002013-02-19T13:24:24.808-05:00Chicken Little, no need to be so cynical just beca...Chicken Little, no need to be so cynical just because the plunging PM prices have got you down.<br /><br />(Just kidding)<br /><br />This would be a good opportunity to pick up some round Silver discs if you are inclined to give them away as Christmas presents.Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331079890390629462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-39203861227578561282013-02-19T13:19:49.239-05:002013-02-19T13:19:49.239-05:00I find that hard to believe. Shouldn't they be...I find that hard to believe. Shouldn't they be worried about Michelle's mid-life crisis? I mean, she has bangs now, don't ya know. This and Obama playing golf should be what takes up everyone's thought process.<br /><br />Oh, and American Idol, of course.<br /><br />chicken littlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-66412727419317623892013-02-19T13:17:49.341-05:002013-02-19T13:17:49.341-05:00BTFD!
If you have a job and any spare money, that...BTFD!<br /><br />If you have a job and any spare money, that is. Which might explain why the average Jo isn't all that interested in what's happening with the PM market. About as much relevance to them as the best hotel to stay in in Macau.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-30943299796700783762013-02-19T13:12:17.414-05:002013-02-19T13:12:17.414-05:00Lots of wailing & gnashing of teeth over on th...<i>Lots of wailing & gnashing of teeth over on the PM blogs this morning...</i><br /><br />You've got that right.edgarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-79387146662941912392013-02-19T13:03:59.179-05:002013-02-19T13:03:59.179-05:00A comment the other day from Taxhaven stuck in my ...A comment the other day from Taxhaven stuck in my mind. He wrote something about the economy on Vancouver island.<br /><br />Something to the effect that those folks who work in the forest products industry and the ones who either work for the govt. or are sucking on the govt's tit, are the only folks who are surviving & still able to spend money in this ritten economy.<br /><br />Everybody else seems to be struggling. This pretty much sums it up for those of us who live on the west side of Puget Sound. Since I am employed, I have little to really complain about; a lot of other folks around here are really hurting.Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331079890390629462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-56474423944677704702013-02-19T12:59:32.093-05:002013-02-19T12:59:32.093-05:00Lots of wailing & gnashing of teeth over on th...Lots of wailing & gnashing of teeth over on the PM blogs this morning.<br /><br />Funny that when the price drops there is always a lot of mean sniping & bickering.<br /><br />Hey guys - it's a commodity, not a religion! Sheesh...Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331079890390629462noreply@blogger.com