2011年10月31日星期一

王 SIR-2011年第四季環球市場展望


Move on Over! Royal Canadian Mint to issue a REAL gold backed certificate!

It seems that the RCM now wants a piece of what seems is the investment of the decade, but is doing it much differently then SLV/GLD.

If I'm a betting man, which I am, I would be betting that the Royal Canadian Mint is setting itself up as the go to elite "paper" certificate exchange program.  They quote, "Unlike other gold investment products, the purchaser of an ETR owns the actual gold rather than a unit or share in an entity that owns the gold." Hint hint SLV and GLD.
Basically saying, move on over ETF's- run by the Morgue and other fraudulent non-phyzz-backed garbage- the world is figuring out you are full of shit with SLV and GLD.
Would you rather be holding paper backed by a world class Mint, or entities that openly naked short and dismantle/manipulate any form of free market trading in the precious metals? (depends where you are from as these two entities may be in fact both be full of shit when TSHTF).
Choose you paper certificates wisely and remember: If you don't hold it in your own hand, YOU DO NOT OWN IT.
Prepare accordingly.
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巿勢回復中性

石林

說起來確有趣,每逢「木星衝」(Jupiter Opposition)前後一段期間,金價偏好機率真的是較大。木星在上周六最接近地球,午夜時分明亮地高懸在天頂附近,而該周金價擺脫較早前徘徊在十字路口的市勢,重越1703元(美元.下同)關鍵阻力,持續漲升至1752元,周末以1743.4元收市,全周大幅回升6.17%。

其實,「木星衝」與金價升跌應無特別關係,只是兩者的周期時間約略地近似,故不時便出現上述現象,且較集中在某些年份附近。此外,上周金價回升亦與金市的季節性因素有關,按過去三十二年的統計,金價每年12月份和1月份表現通常較強,而今年實際表現是較該統計領先約六個星期。 

但金價大幅回揚的現實原因,先是因為歐洲主權債務危機惡化引致的資金避難,後是歐盟領袖同意擴大歐洲金融穩定設施的規模,意味着更多的寬鬆政策,市場對風險資產的興趣回升,金價與歐羅及股市齊升。

去槓桿化見遏止

上述市場行情無疑是現實,但有關的解釋卻有點牽強。例如,歐盟峰會的新協議是否就可以真正解決歐債問題呢?如果就這麼容易,為什麼不早就施行呢?此外,歐洲採取更多寬鬆政策,為什麼歐羅反而大升呢?

敝欄現只就個人較理解的問題進行討論。上期請各位留意金銀兩市的倉量變化去估計市勢的演變,因為較早前數周兩市的未平倉合約量持續下降到低水平,大投機者的淨好倉量或者是業者的淨沽倉量降至多年來的低點。此情況只有兩個可能:其一是按此「去槓桿化」的趨勢繼續發展下去,市勢由牛轉熊;其二是大投機者在此時重新入市,因牛市是再續,這是最好的入市時機。

就我們所見,事態是按後一個方向發展,即投機資金重新入市,雖然迄今不能說是大規模,但已經遏止了「去槓桿化」的趨勢。這一點在銀市尤為明顯,COMEX期銀市場的未平倉合約量從較早前少於十萬張的低點,回升到現在的逾十一萬張水平;大投機者的淨好倉量也止住了跌勢,上周企住一萬一千張水平。期金也有相同迹象,未平倉合約量力守四十三萬張水平就不再跌,大投機者淨好倉量也重返十二萬九千張水平。

中性心態看市勢

從上述倉量最新變化說明金銀兩市未有向熊的方向進一步發展,維持着牛的狀態,而牛的基礎是兩市迄今仍保持對數圖上的近三年上升軌不破──金市目前是1555元水平、銀市目前是26.3元水平。最近走勢圖形的變化也令兩市沒有向熊的方向進一步下滑,例如金價在前周跌至1604元便止步回揚,使原來利淡的「上升楔形」變成中性的「上升通道」,上周該通道呈向上突破;類似地,銀價在前周跌至29.93元亦止跌,使圖形變成中性的「狹長三角形」,去周亦升破33.5元的阻力,最高漲至35.65元。

形勢轉變使看好的意見再度佔上風,例如說金價在年底可見2000元,但個人迄今仍認為中期市勢暫只是回復中性而已,金市倉量變化僅屬止跌,仍在過去三年低一大檔次的空間活動而已。短期而言,金價在1755元略有阻力,但在上文說的「上升通道」頂1706元附近將有支持,1676元是更大的支持;1772元則是下一個回升目標及阻力,1791元是更大阻力。

類似地,銀市在35.65元略有阻力,而33.5元和33.1元現分別變成支持;36.9元至37.5元則為下一個上升目標及回升阻力地帶,38.9元是更大阻力。

金市在冬季若未能刷新歷史高價,則要提防出現類似8月銀市留下「第二高位」的市勢,故宜以中性心態看待之。

2011年10月30日星期日

紅色警報:中國的金銀需求將砸散美元

RED ALERT:CHINA DEMAND FOR SILVER & GOLD WILL CRASH THE U.S DOLLAR OCT. 2011





Feds order google to take down videos-Got kill switch?





Worried About Silver? Listen to Eric Sprott’s Stump Speech

by John Rubino on October 21, 2011
Hedge fund manager Eric Sprott’s speech at this week’s Silver Summit turned a room full of nervous precious metals owners into pumped-up silver buyers. Some of the highlights are posted below, and here’s a link to a recent Financial Sense interview where he makes many of the same points.
  • The US Mint sells about the same dollar amount of gold and silver coins, which means it sells 50 ounces of silver for every ounce of gold. It’s more or less the same story at GoldMoney and Sprott Money.
  • Ten times more silver than gold is produced each year, and the ratio in the earth’s crust is 15:1, so how can the price be 50:1? Expect a return to the historical norm of 15:1, which implies that silver will outperform gold.
  • The demand/supply picture has seen a 380 million ounce per year positive swing — in a 900 million ounce market. Where is the silver coming from?
  • The paper silver markets trade a billion ounces a day and the world only produces 900 million in a year. The amount available for settlement of these futures contracts is something like 1.5 million ounces, ludicrously little compared to the amount of paper.
  • “On the physical side I’m seeing only buyers.”
  • “There are a lot more people who can afford a one-ounce silver coin than an ounce of gold.”
  • Gold will be a reserve currency and silver will also play a role.
  • “We tried to buy 15 million ounces of silver and had to wait three months — and some of the silver we got was manufactured after we ordered. So there’s not a lot of silver sitting on shelves waiting for people to buy it.”
  • “Somewhere along the line some manufacturer will say ‘I can’t get the silver I want’ and the jig’s up.”
  • People will prefer gold and silver to having money in a bank where there’s tremendous counterparty risk. Three months ago Dexia was considered to be the best capitalized European bank and now they’ve been nationalized.
  • “You go to some of the biggest names who own gold and ask them about silver and a lot of them haven’t even looked at it.”
  • Central banks are selling gold surreptitiously.
  • “It’s shocking how undervalued the junior miners are…Gold and silver stocks are growth stocks. They all have a plan to increase production dramatically. Small miners can start a new mine and double in size…The relative value of gold stocks will become apparent with time…The breakout, when it comes, will be very sudden.”
Full disclosure: The staff at DollarCollapse is massively long precious metals, especially silver.

2011年以來美國老鷹銀幣銷量刷新歷史新高


據媒體報導,截至10月初美國老鷹銀幣年內累計銷售超過3500萬枚,已打破在2010年創下的34,662,500枚的銷售記錄。
美國老鷹銀幣在2011年內平均每月銷量為370萬枚,如果繼續保持此銷售量,預計在2011年年底累計銷量將達4400萬枚。並且按照以往經驗,受11月及12月節日季節來襲,金銀幣銷量將大幅上升,因消費者將加大購買量作為饋贈禮物。
此外,為了紀念美國銀鷹創建25週年,美國鑄幣廠將發售美國老鷹銀幣25週年紀念套裝。該套裝包含5枚來自3家不同鑄幣廠的1.999盎司銀幣。
這5枚銀幣分別為,兩枚來自美國西點軍校(West Point)鑄幣廠的新鑄樣幣及非流通銀幣、一枚來自美國舊金山鑄幣廠的非流通銀幣、一枚來自美國費城鑄幣廠的新鑄樣幣及一枚美國老鷹金幣。
每套紀念幣售價為299.95美元,其中包含來自美國鑄幣廠頒發的權威證書一份。因鑄幣廠共打造10萬套紀念幣,所以預計每位消費者或將限購5套。
據相關數據顯示,目前,2011年以來全球範圍內銀幣銷售量較上年同期上升40%,預計將在今年刷新銀幣銷售歷史新高。

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SPROTT CONCERNING SILVER PRICE OUTLOOK

Patrick MontesDeOca chats with Eric Sprott in this exclusive interview that took place at the Silver Summit in Spokane, Washington the week of October 17, 2011. Mr. Sprott speaks in riveting detail about the Silver Market and it's outlook through this year and next, in this not-to-be-missed interview.

河南男子為養老挖坑埋藏8萬元紙鈔 13年後取出已全爛透

河南男子為養老挖坑埋藏8萬元紙鈔 13年後取出已全爛透

http://news.sina.com   2011年10月27日 21:19   鳳凰衛視

攢了8萬元

部分破損紙鈔。

緊緊粘在一起的1萬元。

80版50元紙幣在收藏市場價值不菲。
13年前,馬老漢在自己床下挖了個坑
放了8萬元紙鈔
塑料袋裹起,悄悄埋了進去
前兩天他終於把錢挖出來了
今年55歲的馬老漢這幾天愁眉苦臉。
自己13年前埋到床下的8萬元紙幣變成了豆腐渣一樣。聽起來像講故事,但確實就那麼真實地發生了。
昨天下午,受他之托,兒子帶着豆腐渣樣的紙幣來到鄭州,找在這邊工作的女兒和女婿。可是見多識廣的女婿一看內弟帶來的東西,大吃一驚,也一時沒了主意。
如果你見到有點像豆腐渣似的8萬元人民幣,估計也會很驚訝。
晚報記者 張翼飛 文/圖
半輩子的積蓄埋到了床下
13年前的一天,原陽縣農村的馬老漢查了查自己的積蓄,不多不少,攢了8萬元。他曾經出去搞過幾年建築,當過小包工頭,掙了點血汗錢。在當時的農村,這可是一個大數目。
當時的老漢還是個中年漢子,湊齊這數字吉利的一筆錢可不容易。他精打細算,省吃儉用,每一分錢都浸透了他的汗水。
老漢是個孝子,當時他的父親將近70歲了。有了錢,馬老漢首先想着將來如何給老人養老送終。
這錢得放個保險的地方,他沒有和家裏人商量,暗自做了決定。
一天,家中無人,馬老漢在床下刨了個一尺深的坑,拿出一個事先准備好的罈子,把8萬元紙鈔用塑料布層層包裹,小心翼翼地放了進去。
100元面值的1萬元一捆,包了5捆。
50元面值的5000元一捆,包了4捆。
剩下的都是10元面額的,這是最厚的一捆,也是1萬元。
這些厚度不一、面值不等的人民幣,把罈子快塞滿了。
害怕家人回來看見,他把罈子的蓋子蓋好,周圍用磚圍了一圈,然後用土填平埋實。
自此,他守口如瓶,沒再給人提過這8萬元的事。
聽說老版紙幣能換高價,8萬元才重見天日
13年中,兒子成家、女兒出嫁、老伴身體不好住院、自己有病,很多急用錢的時候,馬老漢都沒有動過地下那筆錢的心思。
那是老爹的養老錢,堅決不能用。
老父親身體很硬朗,今年已經82歲高齡了,依然精神矍鑠。
前兩天,有個在金融系統工作的遠房親戚問他:80版的50元非常稀少,現在能換高價,你手頭有嗎?要是有,我幫你換。不過,要抓緊,行情會有變化的。
兒女已經成家立業,父親健康無恙,尋思着自己當時埋起來的50元有不少呢,如果錯過機會,不是遺憾嗎?而且,8萬元埋到地下10多年了,也該挖出來看看了。
趁着又一個家裏人都不在的機會,馬老漢找來鐵鍁,把床搬開,根據記憶,開始挖掘。
那個密封的罈子重見天日了!
輕輕揭開蓋子,取出塑料袋包着的那一捆捆東西,心裏有點激動,臉上滿懷欣喜。
可是,撥開幾層塑料袋之後,馬老漢傻眼了。
那些凝聚着自己辛苦的一張張面鈔,有的緊緊地粘連在一起,有的則已經發霉變軟,一碰就成了碎片,甚至碎末。
8萬元啊!馬老漢頓時欲哭無淚。
銀行也不敢碰豆腐渣樣的紙幣
好多天老漢都緩不過來勁兒。
起初,他礙於情面還不好意思給家裏人說。
後來,他覺得畢竟是那麼大一筆錢,不能就這樣變成廢紙,終於向老伴和兒子吐了口。
老伴和兒子也沒了主意,這才決定到鄭州向女兒和女婿求助。
10月27日下午,女婿陳先生帶着妻子和弟弟小馬到鄭東新區CBD附近的中國銀行和中國工商銀行諮詢。人家看了他們裝在盒子裡的8萬元如同豆腐渣,都覺得挺不好辦。
中國銀行的工作人員說:你們想辦法把鈔票分解開再來兌換吧,現在沒法用人碰啊。
中國工商銀行的工作人員說:我們今天實在解決不了,我們諮詢一下專業人員,你明天再來?
陳先生只好帶着錢暫時回家。這錢,越看心裏越堵。
他們向晚報求助。我看到這8萬元,也感到很無奈。
誰能幫幫馬老漢
有沒有誰有什麼辦法,既不損壞目前已經損壞嚴重的這些人民幣面鈔,又能把這些黏糊糊粘在一起的它們分解開?只有這樣,才好統計和兌付。
晚報也真誠呼籲廣大熱心讀者,希望能幫助節省了一輩子的馬老漢,解開這個最近讓他寢食不安的心結。
如果有妙招,請撥打96678。晚報替馬老漢一家謝謝您了!
13年前,8萬元有多大的購買力?
我查詢了1998年的豬肉價格,鄭州地區每500克生豬肉在5元到6.5元波動。昨日,鄭州市場的生豬肉每500克在15元到17元。從生活的角度來說,8萬元放在地下,10多年的時間購買力貶值了3倍。
再對比13年前的房價,1998年,鄭州地區的普通住宅均價在每平方米1000元左右。2011年上半年,鄭州市權威部門公佈的鄭州商品房銷售均價為每平方米7845元。從住房的角度來說,10多年前的8萬元能買一套大房子,現在的購買力卻不夠付首付了。
如果妥善保存,8萬元第四版紙幣現在能賣不少錢
在收藏市場,隨着第四套人民幣逐步退出流通領域,價格也水漲船高。昨日,全國最大的郵幣卡收藏市場——北京馬甸市場報價,90版100元面值紙 幣,每100張連號1.8萬元,90版50元面值紙幣,每100張連號2.1萬元。按照這個價格,如果馬老漢的8萬元是從銀行剛取出的新錢,5捆100元 的,4捆50元的,一大捆10元的,在現在的收藏領域,業內專家保守估計可賣21.5萬元。收藏市場資深人士說:“80版50元發行得很少,所以現在價格 也高一些,但流通領域很難見到,估計老漢手裏的錢應該都是90版本的。”

2011年10月29日星期六

http://honsonyip.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_2082.html


Peter Schiff Takes on Occupy Wall Street

Posted by Wealth Wire - Friday, October 28th, 2011
“I agree with the sentiment, and I agree with the fact you should be protesting. It's just my point that Washington should be the recipient of the protests. You guys should be marching on the White House and the Federal Reserve demanding your freedom back!”
- Peter Schiff to OWS protestors

2011年10月28日星期五

Hugo Salinas Price- Nearly All Mexican Congressmen in Favor of Monetizing Silver

Mexican billionaire and silver proponent Hugo Salinas Price stated today that nearly all of the Mexican Congressmen are in favor of REMONETIZING silver.
Price called for the remonetization of silver by the people of China, Germany, and the US as well, and stated that once the world comes to the realization of the full printing needed to rescue Europe and the US, they will literally pile into gold and silver.
Price also suggests that Gaddafi was invaded and disposed of for his gold- something we proposed here back on March 22nd with the reports that Gaddafi held over 143 tonnes of gold.
By and large all of the Congressman are in favor of monetizing silver in Mexico.  The dirty work is how to get around the blocking that is presented by three or four important party leaders who are bought off by the central bank or intimated by the central bank.  They are afraid to go against the central bank’s desires. The central bank is definitely afraid of doing anything that is not being done by all of the other central banks.  They feel they are part of a brotherhood and they can’t betray the rest.  They don’t want to present a currency that would be viewed as out of line, that’s the way they think.  It’s a sad thing but this is the mentality.Read more:

美債危機的第二章即將上演



8月的美債危機已是昨日黃花,久已被希臘和小悅悅這些“熱點新聞”取代,儘管如此,在接下來的兩三週左右,世界人的注視將從希臘和小悅悅轉回到美國,正在潛伏但繼續嚴重化的美債情況將重新進入美國民眾和世界人的意識。


按今年8 月兩黨“協議”的規定,由美國國會12 名議員組成的“超級赤字減低委員會(Super Deficit Reduction Commission) ”必須在11 月23 日之前找到降低財政赤字至少1.2 萬億元的辦法,並且在11 月底之前提出未來十年美國預算收支平衡的方案並起草預算平衡憲法修正案。但是,從8 月標普下​​降美國國債評級後直到現在,我們還看不到超級委員會的秘密談判有任何進展的跡象。議員們並沒有改變他們的政治伎倆,知情人士透露,超級委員會在基本政策問題上仍舊陷於死鎖處境。 “僵局模式管理” (Management by gridlock) 和意識形態的純潔代替常識性妥協已經成為美國的政治現實,這說明雙方將無法在11月23日前達成協議。如果委員會不能達致協議,國防和非國防開支的自動削減將在2013 年開始。看起來有最大可能性的結果又是一個最後一刻、不解決基本債務問題的臨時性的妥協,國會甚至可能試圖刪除8月的協議裡自動削減開支的“扳機”(trigger) 。


這一切在未來幾個星期都可能觸髮美國再度遭受主權債降級的羞辱。


在美國,政治和意識形態的強硬態度正在把美國推下懸崖。美林證券公司其實已經警告他們的客戶,美債的再次降級將無可避免。美林的分析師 Ethan S. Harris說:


國會的“不太超級赤字委員會”(The “not-so-super” Deficit Commission) 不大可能找到一個可信的削減赤字的計劃。左右兩派的委員在思想上比國會議員有更大的分歧。實際上說,既然他們已經明白,達不到協議的“備份計劃”是自動性“可自由支配開支”(automatic discretionary spending cuts) 的削減,委員們應該把增稅和entitlements 開支一併討論,但是所有的共和黨委員已簽署了Americans for Tax Reform 的創立者Grover Norquist 的“絕不增稅”的承諾書,我無法想像超級委員會裡的民主黨委員會同意只對entitlements開刀。因此,我們預計這個僵局在11 月底或12 月初將導致超級委員會的崩潰和至少一個機構下降美國國債評級。


當(而不是如果) 國債降級成為現實,金融世界將有什麼反應呢?這將是一個“14 萬億美元的問題”,但我們可以很肯定地說,這至少是對已經脆弱的消費者心理的又一個打擊,因此世界經濟的衰退延續到2013年將不可避免。


根據摩根大通的CIO (chief investment officer) Michael Cembalest 的看法,委員會談判的失敗,甚至可能預示著美元作為儲備貨幣的結束。這對美國將是一個嚴重的打擊,也是美國人吃不下去的苦藥。這意味著美國從此不能靠印鈔來還債。美國人-- 和代表他們的那些政客-- 的自私、貪婪和揮霍終於把美國帶進了無可救藥的處境。


本拉登和卡扎菲已死,今天,還能夠隨意印鈔的美國財政和經濟上卻是一團糟;後者與前者不無關聯。這個債務危機將如何影響2012 年的美國選舉呢?在這個時刻做預測也許為時尚早,但不要認為這危機只對美國人有影響,它將會影響世界每個角落,包括中國人和加拿大人,世界所有國家(包括中國)的經濟命脈是息息相連的。


美元的貶值和世界經濟的動盪已經把黃金價格推上天,2009 年奧巴馬總統就職典禮後的一天黃金的價格是845 元。昨天黃金收盤價格是 1700 元。有誰要預測2013年美總統就職典禮以後的一天黃金價格將是每盎司2500 美元嗎?


不管歷史是否這樣稱呼,今天的美國正處於21世紀版的內戰-- 一種經濟和政治意識形態戰爭,雖然這個內戰不是以槍支來解決,但它對美國和對世界的影響可能比上次的內戰還要嚴重。


如果你是美國人,你要怎麼辦呢?

ECRI:歐債快將促使美國經濟陷入另一次哀退

Meet the World's Largest Gold Coin

Australia reveals the world’s largest gold coin at Pert Mint to kick off the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
The coin weighs in at about 2,231 pounds, is 31 inches wide and over 4.7 inches thick. The coin is 99.99 percent pure gold, and is valued at $53.5 million.
On one side the Queen is pictured, and the other side shows a kangaroo.
The Queen is on a ten-day tour of Australia and will be at the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week.
"To cast and handicraft a coin of this size and weight was an incredible challenge – one which few other mints would even consider,” said Perth Mint chief executive Ed Harbuz, according to The Telegraph. Here's Harbuz posing with the coin.



aussie coin
And take an inside look at the 18 month process the mint undertook to create the massive coin:



This is not the first oversized coin to break a few records; several countries have produced similar coins over the years.
Top five most colossal coins ever made:
  • In 2000 China minted the country’s largest coin ever. The coin weighed in at just over 22 pounds. The coin was 99.99 percent gold. Since its creation, the coin has been auctioned off for around $1.18 million.
  • In 2004 Austria created a 1000-ounce gold Philharmonic coin to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the bullion coin. The coin’s face value was 100,000 euros at the time. Fifteen coins were made and sold, each taking 130 hours to mint.
  • In 2006 Perth Mint produced the world’s largest silver coin. This coin weighed in just over 22 pounds, and had a diameter of 8 inches. The coin was created to commemorate “The Year of the Dog,” according to Collectors Society.
  • In 2007 Canada took record for the world’s largest pure gold coin, weighing 220 pounds, with a 20-inch diameter. The coin was listed as 99.999 percent pure gold bullion and picture Queen Elizabeth II on one side and the Canadian maple leaf on the other. The coin has a face value of about $903,628.
  • In 2008, Guinness World Records flew to Dubai to award a leading jewelry retailer for having the world’s largest coin-like medallion. The coin was created in honor of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Awards for Medical Sciences. The coin measured 3 feet 2 inches in diameter, weighed over 409 pounds, and was made of solid silver plated with gold. 
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    2011年10月27日星期四

    黃金:在探索經濟發展新路的作用

    文章作者.從根本的因由,簡單地導出.黃金跟紙幣的區分...值得一看... 


    http://www.cngold.org/



    金銀數量的有限性和人類勞動創造價值的無限性的矛盾,是紙幣這種價值符號走上歷史舞台的根本原因。從紙幣的起源可以看出,其本身很難承載儲藏手段的功能。與必需付出社會必要勞動時間才能獲得的金銀相比,紙幣在發行和使用上只有理論的而沒有實際的限制。美國金融危機造成全球紙幣代表的紙面財富消散,進而重創發展中國​​家的經濟。在探索經濟發展新路的過程中,黃金的作用不可忽視。
    勞動者(可以是個人、集體、企業、國家)將勞動成果暫時以紙幣形式儲存,希望將來換回等量的勞動成果,即:等價交換高通脹簡單地終結了這種可能性,於是央行頻繁上調存款準備金率、加息,以應對高通脹。


    上調存款準備金率在控制流動性、對抗通脹的同時,也減少了銀行的可用放貸資金,很大程度上增加了企業尤其是中小企業的融資難度和成本,直接或間接地催生了民間借貸市場通過閱讀上市公司公告可知,2011年1至6月份,至少有52家A股上市公司發放112項“委託貸款”,累計貸款額度超過160億元,同比增長近38%。實體經濟企業紛紛介入本應屬於銀行業務範圍的貸款而本身又沒有銀行的監管及風控體系,對全社會經濟體係都有莫大的風險。因民間借貸而引發的社會群體事件,已經開始出現。
    造成此惡性循環的原因有很多。其中一個重要原因是人們忘​​記了紙幣的儲藏手段功能很脆弱
    改革開放十幾年來,我們的經濟模式基本上是把剩餘價值換成紙幣儲藏起來人們有意無意地將紙幣視作財富,而忘記了紙幣只是一個符號一旦遇上金融危機,紙幣儲藏功能部分喪失,就容易造成經濟或者社會問題。
    如果在新經濟模式裡面加入儲藏手段(比如黃金)這一環節,整個經濟環境將大有改觀。勞動者把剩餘價值轉換成具有儲藏手段功能的黃金,生產流通環節只保留必需的流動資金(紙幣)。生產流通源源不斷地創造勞動成果,其剩餘價值又通過儲藏手段(黃金)固化沉澱為勞動者的財富。流通的錢隨著通脹漲跌,並不影響其價值。儲藏的財富則固化為黃金,不因個別團體的信用的改變而改變。
    新經濟模式裡加入黃金這一儲藏手段,最直接的效果是可以降低通脹壓力。以儲藏財富為目的的紙幣需求降低,進而解決因調整存準金、調息造成的企業資金壓力。降低金融動盪對實體經濟的影響。
    對於勞動者而言,選擇黃金價格或者其他儲藏手段而不是紙幣保存財富,避免了由於評級機構、團體、金融環境造成的不必要的損失,同時也避免了幣值高估低估造成的人為損害。
    對於經濟環境而言,紙幣流通手段、支付手段的功能得到進一步的加強。不再混合儲藏手段的紙幣,對於央行而言也更加易於管理。各種政策可以更加有針對性。
    以儲藏手段為切入點發展黃金價格市場,既解決當前的金融問題,也可以進一步完善我國多層次資本市場。是探索經濟發展新路的有效途徑之一。

    揭炒金騙局“黃金夢”慘變“黃粱夢”

    黃金白銀不是用來抄.....


    http://www.cngold.org/


    在國際黃金市場一片紅火光景下,深圳眾多投資者把目光轉向黃金市場後,他們也許並不明白,目前的炒金市場上可謂亂象紛呈。為數眾多的“地下炒金”公司公然拋出“一夜暴富”的誘餌,“1:100,買賣國外倫敦金,投入1萬美元就可玩轉100萬美元黃金”!
    但調查發現,其間充滿了諸多陷阱,甚至其背後多次操縱黑交易平台。而在這種情況下,國內的法律並不健全,致使這類非法活動禁而不絕。


    近期,隨著黃金價格在高位震盪,在深圳一些角落裡的非法“地下炒金”公司近乎瘋狂般四處出擊,他們通過網絡或者電話等推銷方式吸引投資者參與其中,當這些投資者在“倫敦金”“以小博大”的誘惑下,紛紛跳入佈滿了鮮花的陷阱裡,超過95%的投資者損失慘重,血本無歸,有的甚至傾家蕩產。
    數據顯示:5年數万人陷炒金騙局,“一夜暴富”夢破滅



    當在廣告上看到炒金可以實現“一夜暴富”的神話後,家住羅湖的沈先生把資金從股票上抽出來,投入47萬元。他沒有猶豫,他想,如果他能夠“夢想成真”,按照網絡上打出的“1∶100,買賣國外倫敦金,投入1萬美元就可玩轉100萬美元黃金”,那麼,他毫無疑問就可以成為千萬富翁了。
    接下來,他馬上聯繫上坐落在羅湖一家公司,該公司業務人員十分熱情,極力向他推銷一種國際黃金(倫敦金),並說,雖然這也是賭博,但只要操作水平高超,完全可以“以小博大”。在多名業務經理的遊說下,沒過多久,沈先生就把資金全部押上去。
    “剛開始,我還從大盤上看到了每天都有賺錢,但此後,情況並非像他們吹噓的那麼樂觀,資金就像泡沫一樣一點點破滅。”他說,最後,真的坐不住了,他頻繁給那家公司打電話,但他們顯得很鎮定,一個經理說,“投資倫敦金,當然有風險,如果沒有,大家都可以發達了,誰還去工作?”
    面對這種情況,他只能自認倒霉。沈先生只是其中掉到陷阱去的個案,而在深圳,類似的情況每天都在不斷發生。一位姓林的華僑也深陷其中,他在投資10多萬美元後,也幾乎輸了個精光。
    根據深圳有關部門提供的資料顯示,僅僅在去年,就有1500多名投資者在參與地下炒金中成為受害者,涉及資金高達18億元。但深圳市政協委員、市僑聯常委劉平凡說,實際的受害者遠遠不止這些,從5年前開始至今,受害者有數万人之多。
    據調查:以網絡為拉攏手段,以“倫敦金”為主產品
    隨後展開調查,打開相關信息等網站,就可以從中查找到海量的炒金信息。在上面看到,這些通過網絡手段拉攏投資者的信息內容顯得很“正規”,他們首先在上面充分說明當前是炒金的最佳時期,然後還分析其中的利弊和風險,之後便留下“經理們”的電話等待客戶到來。
    通過這種方式,找到了一家博睿盛遠公司,這位在網上留電話的“羅經理”在電話中表示,倫敦金的投資槓桿比例是1比100,“也就是說,您投資1萬元,就能在國際市場操作價值100萬元的黃金交易。”他還表示,由於國際黃金市場的總價在3萬億美元左右,沒有一家公司可以操控這個市場,“也就是說您在這個市場裡進行的交易是絕對公平的,沒有所謂的莊家。”
    此後,他便一再邀請前往其公司進行面談,10月18日下午4時,趕到了位於深圳羅湖鼎豐大廈28樓的這家炒金公司。在他的引薦下,見到了該公司的“楊總”,他建議說,目前一種是炒國內黃金,另一種就是倫敦金。
    在詢問應該如何選擇,他說,“根據我們的經驗,應該是選擇倫敦金。”他解釋說,國內的投資黃金的槓桿比例一般都不超過13倍的比例,而做倫敦金會很刺激,投資的槓桿比例是至少可以達到上百倍。 “我們現在這裡的客戶有500戶,70%都是做倫敦金的。”
    但隨後表示對此“不懂如何去炒”,他說,“我們可以給你簽訂一個協議,如果你賺錢了,我們從中抽取30%的利潤,如果賠錢,我們也賠給你30%。”為了驗證其說法,他隨後拿出一大疊“協議書”。 “你看,這就是我們給其他客戶簽訂的文本。你至少要投資5000美元資金,其中1500美元為保證金,我們收取一筆50美元的手續費。”他說。
    當提出炒倫敦金是否合法?他說,實際上,國內並沒有規定這方面的性質,現在深圳很多公司不都是在這樣做嗎?隨後看到,在該公司的營業執照的經營範圍上寫著,投資諮詢等內容,和黃金業務沒有絲毫關聯。
    炒金公司:打的是擦邊球,都可能會跳到坑里
    此後,該公司的業務人員頻繁致電,要求再到公司具體商談投資事宜。對於投資的資金流向何處?他們表示,“可以通過網上支付的方式匯入香港的一家公司對公賬戶上。”他隨後表示,“你的資金絕對安全,因為那邊的賬戶是受到監管的,我們都是這樣做的。
    但還是對其合法性提出質疑,該公司的“羅經理”又讓一位王姓分析師致電,王先生乾脆說,“目前國內合法的只有銀行的紙黃金,其他的都不受法律保護,這在法律上是一個盲區。其他的都有風險,都是在打擦邊球,資金都有可能出不來。”“我可以這樣告訴你,其他的炒黃金方式,都可能會跳到坑里。 ”這位人士補充說。
    在隨後展開的調查中發現,目前深圳的“地下炒金”公司所推出的業務大多都是被國內禁止的“倫敦金”。 21日,記又前往福田國際文化大廈13樓,這家香港科大世紀國際投資有限公司的總經理張先生說,他們不做國內的黃金,專門炒“倫敦金”。
    他介紹說,“我們這裡炒倫敦金,投資的槓桿比例從1比100到1比500的都有。”對於資金的投入,這裡只要2000美金起步,但資金要匯往新西蘭,“我們都是這樣做的,那裡的資金都是受到嚴格監管的,你可以放心。”
    他還說,“如果你不懂炒金,我們可以幫你炒,但有一個規定,如果我們幫你賺了幾倍,那我們的利益就是對半分成,在一倍之內,我們要提取30%利潤。同樣,如果是賠錢了,我們會賠償30%。”
    為了驗證其資質,提出要查看相關證件,他隨後從抽屜裡拿出兩頁紙,這是其在香港註冊的公司,而對於其代理IKON公司的交易文本,他遞給記者一大疊中英文資料,上面僅顯示有簽名,而無公章,對此也無從辨別真偽。
    公安部門:地下炒金公司善打游擊戰,禁而不絕
    深圳市公安局經偵局相關負責人指出,所謂地下炒金就是非法炒賣黃金期貨,是一些公司沒有經過國家主管部門批准,擅自開展炒金業務,將投資者提交的保證金通過隱蔽渠道匯往國外賬戶,用於黃金買賣交易,並從中收取高額交易佣金。
    他說,地下炒金及非法炒金的特徵是:一,資金要匯到境外或者打到國內的個人賬戶,甚至一般的國內公司賬戶;二,倫敦金或者交易模式完全雷同於倫敦金;三,交易時經常出現無法下單或者無法平倉等操作。
    而根據的調查情況,深圳儘管在年初進行專項打擊活動,但這些地下炒金公司“紛紛轉戰江湖”,一位業內人士戲稱,“他們習慣了游擊戰術。”而在目前,這些公​​司的發展速度非常快,他們在幾年來禁而不絕,讓受害者前赴後繼地上當受騙,無論是個人還是相關部門,都應該去深刻反思。

    全世界輪流開印刷機......


    彼此間匯率相當穩定.....

    2011年10月26日星期三

    Euro Alert!!!

    Euro Alert!!!

    Today's news (out of Europe): Banks and bondholders may be forced to write down 50-60% of Greece debt which should send shock waves across the banking sector and global markets. European banks are leveraged 25 to 1, that's double of even U.S. banks! To give you an idea of just how bad this is, Lehman was leveraged 30 to 1. However, the most important thing to remember is the 25 to 1 leverage number is based off of what the banks say their asset values are, now does anyone honestly believe that the banks are being honest with these numbers? Total official debt for financial companies (excluding derivatives) in Europe is 23 TRILLION!!! That is 43% more than the entire European annual GDP!

    Since a bailout from Greece's neighbors is politically impossible, FutureMoneyTrends.com would have to assume that these type of write downs being talked about would make European banks insolvent as the numbers just don't add up. Which is probably why gold this morning is up $57 per ounce and silver is up $1.55.

    Questions Investors Should be Asking Themselves

    How long after Greece officially defaults with bondholders taking a 50-60% loss will we hear other nations requesting the same type of rescue package?

    How long until investors loose complete faith in the EU and jump ship?

    IF, and it's a very big IF, governments try to recapitalize banks, this will lead to a domino of downgrades and even more chaos in Europe. Will Europe collapse or print print print?

    Charles Hugh Smith put it best yesterday when he said, "The dominoes of debt are toppling in Europe, and there is no way to stop the forces of financial gravity."

    For the past 2 years, we have seen crisis and postponement in Europe, fake fixes, proposals, and speeches from European leaders.

    The trend of March 2010 to August 2011 was that when the Greece crisis was on the front pages of the news, global markets went down and gold and silver went up. This trend was broken in September, but as of today, it appears to be back in tact, perhaps the trend was only broken due to the huge run up in silver and gold during the summer. Or perhaps it was that certain powers that be didn't want $2,000 gold and $60 silver in the face of a Euro collapse. Either way, it appears the trend is back and the demand for physical metal is overwhelming the fractional reserve gold paper trading and leasing supported by the biggest banks on earth.



    As far as the timing, the powers that be have showed an incredible ability to postpone the inevitable, however, with economies slowing and stimulus increasingly unpopular with voters, FutureMoneyTrends.com puts the sovereign debt crisis reality check sometime between now and the end of next year. This is why we are sending an urgent alert to all of our members and their families to keep their wealth away from Europe, anything held in Euros, in our opinion, is extremely risky.

    Overall Europe is in very bad shape when you take a look at the books.

    Nations like France and Italy spend more than 14% of their GDP just on pensions to retired government workers.
    In order for EU nations to pay for their unfunded promises of national health care, pensions, and other social programs, each EU nation would need at least 400% more than their current GDP!
    Germany, the so called economically strong nation in the EU, has unfunded liabilities of more than 7 trillion Euros, with their official debt to GDP ratio at 78%. However, when you actually include what they really owe, debt to GDP is 284%.
    Even German ex-central banker, Axel Weber, has warned that Germany is much worse than people believe.
    They live beyond their means, especially the southern nations. Greece for example has increased salaries for state officials by 76% since the introduction of the Euro, wages overall have increased by 42%. The easy credit and low interest rates have given fiscally irresponsible nations a false sense of how much debt they can afford.
    Spain and Portugal will not meet their deficit reduction targets this year or ever, in our opinion.
    Italian Government is on the brink of collapse.
    We are getting reports that bank runs in Greece have already begun, one report stated that this morning over 5,000 customers lined up in order to make withdraws. Up to half are transferring their wealth out of the country.

    When you look at Greece, their debt chart trajectory looks a lot like the U.S. Greece has seen a 46% increase in government debt in the past 4 years, the U.S. has seen an increase of 72%. Yes the U.S. is worse, however, the U.S. can print the world reserve fiat currency, Greece can't.

    In our opinion, the dominoes have begun to fall, first Greece, then the banks, then the Euro. The great sovereign debt crisis of 2012 has begun. Are you ready?

    青心直說:金融毒品借屍還魂記

    唔怕你精...只怕你唔來.....
    中環的迷債苦主還在追討中.... 
    iBank 故技重施.....


    年紀較輕之80後經紀,對成交越來越少的市場,已有點意興闌珊,深知股票經紀這一行已成夕陽行業,心急謀出路好正常,美少女股評人搭上公仔箱財經節目男主播,也屬增值之途,既可爭取曝光,更可順便為人生大事鋪路,堪稱一石二鳥。筆者幾時都話,趁年輕沒有甚麼包袱時努力增值,係提升個人競爭力以突破困局的最理想投資。


    為前途發愁的又何只經紀,連iBanker也不例外,有位剛由大摩跳槽至瑞士糖之私人銀行家,本慶幸自己及時轉工,皆因前者已講明今年B仔得個「冬甩」,即係零花紅,但有誰知道瑞士糖又會好幾多,皆因近期已公佈之第三季業績,大多表面風光。


    最新傳聞,有歐資私人銀行可能因為窮途末路而被迫故技重施,竟然再向高端客戶兜售經過包裝而成的高息債券投資產品,話說有ex-iBanker即係退役投資銀行家,先問客戶經理攞張term sheet來參詳參詳始再作決定,誰知唔睇尤自可,睇真嚇到儍。


    投行做中介人再推迷債
    所謂「高息債券」,性質原來疑似以特別目標工具SPV包裝風險的CDO,即係抵押債務證券,原來投行只係高息借款方──某內地房企與貸款方──即CDO買家的中介人,還在中間賺傭兼過河濕腳食幾厘息,簡而言之,即係迷債。


    雖然SPV歸屬投行旗下,但曾幾何時,英資銀行於上一輪金融海嘯水深火熱之際,索性把自己旗下SPV壯士斷臂,至今仍歷歷在目,聽聞有退役iBanker一見張term sheet,就鬧了該客戶經理一餐,罵該投行不知悔改唔知死。


    有朋友平時以FX、Trade、Option等合約為bread n butter的投行工作,慶幸自己間行平時非主力搞IPO及M&A,起碼今年B仔就算不及去年,也叫有得分,員工也不需鋌而走險。


    胡孟青
    作者為獨立股評人

    王冠一....Martin Weiss 魏斯 八大預警 ...為銀行倒閉作好準備

    王SIR尾段提及..呢個世界係物極必反...最終都會推倒重來....







    「佔領華爾街」〔Occupy Wall Street〕從一個小範圍的示威活動蔓延至全球各地,不少人認為,行動是對現時經濟環境,以及對看不見個人未來表達不滿,同時抗議政府對解決貧富懸束手 無策。不少評論對此場運動並不看好,《今日美國》〔USA Today〕上週便批評,運動是由烏合之眾拉雜成軍〔ragtag assortment of college kids, labor unionists, conspiracy theorists and others” hinting they’re a flash-in-the-pan “devoid of remedies〕,又指運動漫無目的〔No mission, no goals, no organization, no agenda, no leaders, and no staying power〕,最終只會作鳥獸散,難有作為。
    不過,亦有評論指「佔領華爾街」是阿拉伯之春的延續,有其實際訴求,最終極可能演變成為一場全新的美國革命,不可等閒視之。運動的內在聲音,是抗議美國道 德淪亡〔moral compass is broken〕,政府處處聽命於富人,變成傀儡,而社會由最富裕的1%富人操縱,扼殺了中產往上流動的「美國夢」。今次運動只有1個簡單要求,就是停止民 主被金權蠶食,恢復廉潔的選舉,亦即是一人一票以外,捐獻亦要同等,以重拾真正民主。

    華爾街成為被針對的對象,是由於華爾街每年均花費大量金錢游說國會,影響政府施政。更令群眾不滿的是,政府於金融海嘯斥天文數字的公帑救華爾街,銀 行未作出犧牲,卻未有吸取教訓,拒絕改革之餘,業務如常運作,亦不改其貪婪的習性,繼續向高層派發高花紅。其拒絕面對現實及欠缺前瞻性的作風,令更大的危 機潛伏。

    基地設於佛羅里達州的獨立評級機構魏斯,創辦人魏斯〔Martin Weiss〕早前提出了七大預警,內容值得細嚼。魏斯的名氣雖未及其他三大評級機構響亮,但由於其評級並非收取客戶費用去評定,故更具說服力。魏斯早於金 融海嘯前已發預警,預告貝爾斯登、雷曼及Washington Mutual倒閉,花旗瀕臨倒閉,房地美亦有解體危機,今年7月15日更率先把美國評級下調至C-,稱降級反映美國經濟惡化、負債沉重、經濟體質虛弱,以 及國際動盪局勢,做法益加彰顯其評級及意見中肯。

    魏斯的首個預警,是指希臘很快便會違約,令銀行蒙受重大損失。次個預警則是市場恐慌將蔓延,惟恐其他政府亦會違約,因而拒絕向高負債政府借貸,或要 求更高利息作補償。第3個預警是歐洲將有數家大銀行倒閉,餘波會擴散至美國,當中又以摩通、美銀及花旗最高危。第4個預警是歐盟國家恐有降級潮,德法為救 銀行,評級亦將受損。第5個預警是負債合共高達3.4萬億美元的西班牙和意大利,違約呼聲高唱。西意違約連鎖效應,導致全球債市入冰河期,而德法美英日等 國家亦受影響是第6個預警。第7個預警是違約導致銀行倒閉,把全球經濟推向蕭條的惡性循環將沒完沒了。最後一個附加的預警,是政府不會再救助銀行,為貪婪 吸血劃上終止符。經濟陷入深度衰退,華爾街亦要洗牌重來。

    魏斯忠告投資者要把所有或大部份資金調離險地,置放於安全地方,即是不要胡亂買股買債,亦要為銀行倒閉潮作好準備。佔領華爾街示威者的訴求將會得到正視,公平選舉重現,華爾街亦有重建希望。

    歐盟峰會正努力草擬化解歐債危機的方案,但大部份市場人士均相信,希臘違約乃時間問題,若防火牆築得不夠堅固,魏斯的七大預警便會弄假成真,令第8個預警自我實現。預警言之有物,難以輕視。

    王冠一

    2011年10月25日星期二

    梵蒂岡呼籲世界中央銀行,一個世界貨幣

    Vatican Calls for World Central Bank, One-World Currency 

     As if national central banks and fiat currencies run by the Illuminati and the banksters do not oppress the world's citizens enough.
    The Vatican's true colors shine through- this is merely about consolidating ever more power over the world's masses.

     * Document also calls for "Central World Bank"
    * Condemns "idolatry of the market"
    * Says reform should start under U.N. auspices

    VATICAN CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - - The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a "global public authority" and a "central world bank" to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises.
    The document from the Vatican's Justice and Peace department should please the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators and similar movements around the world who have protested against the economic downturn.
    "Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority," was at times very specific, calling, for example, for taxation measures on financial transactions.
    "The economic and financial crisis which the world is going through calls everyone, individuals and peoples, to examine in depth the principles and the cultural and moral values at the basis of social coexistence," it said.
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    牙齒當金使?

    畢者推介
    ?准確押注美國次按爆煲者除了有「沽神」保爾森,還有對沖基金Hayman Capital創辦人巴斯。但與保爾森可一不可再的戰績不同,巴斯利用同一套計量模型,早已預見主權債務危機,押下重注賭希臘違約,並預言兵荒馬亂的時勢即將來臨。詳見B5頁研究部特寫。


    在債務危機愈演愈烈的當下,人人對信用及違約風險轉差都怕怕,偏偏銀行卻視之為「收入」入賬,美國五大銀行上季錄得160億美元淨利潤,就有超過八成是此等「幻想利潤」,B16頁「LEX」論荒謬的會計制度。


    10月24日,周一。個人並不愛讀克魯明(Paul Krugman)在《紐約時報》的專欄,政治經濟民生,什麼都是共和黨的錯,扣帽子從不手軟,「八股味」隔數條街也能嗅到。然而,諾貝爾評審委員會在2008年金融海嘯期間把經濟學獎頒給他,斷估不是為了赤裸裸地表揚幹預主義;至低限度,克魯明在評審眼中斤?十足,對經濟學有過一番建樹。以其功力,要為一種經濟現象賦予「理論生命」,毫無難度綽綽有餘。


    9月初發現克魯明在《紐時》發表的一篇短文,講的是老畢甚感興趣的話題──黃金。入正題前,這位08年諾獎得主先來一段開場白:「在我身處的地方,現在是淩晨四時三十分。我毫無睡意精神奕奕,腦子里浮現的盡是金價……且慢,我聽到你在發牢騷。什麼,克魯明不可以滿腦子黃金嗎?」


    從這段獨白可見,克魯明一邊心系黃金,另一邊卻非常在意讀者對他「想金」產生太多不必要的聯想,怕人誤會他忽然戀上這種凱恩斯口中的「蠻荒世界遺物」 ,是以自問自答,意圖跟「金甲蟲」劃清界線。




    通縮論者借題發揮 

    盎斯金價在千九美元水平乏力再上,近兩個月於千五至千七美元範圍整固【圖1】,有說對沖基金為應付贖回壓力大手沽金,有說黃金牛市開到荼?,從此進入易跌難升局面。然而,不容否認的是,過去十年金價浪高於浪,表現勝於大部分資產,作為凱派健將且一直堅信通縮威脅大於通脹的克魯明,「徹夜難眠」顯是為了替金價長升長有找一個符合其邏輯思維的「原因」。借題發揮?也許。聲東擊西?當然。


    克魯明自稱「大大的通縮論者」(a big deflationista),又說如果你相信「通脹論者」(inflationistas)這些年來提出過的種種警告,那麼閣下縱使不輸幹輸淨,賺少許多總是在所難免。等一等,黃金不是例外嗎?在克魯明看來,將通脹威脅與金價強勁劃上等號,完全捉錯用神;換句話說,金沒買錯,惟買金的原因不對。


    這位諾獎得主認為,金價堅挺跟通縮世界非但不存在矛盾,兩者甚至相輔相成。試想像,現在有一批黃金,隨著時間推移,將逐步投放於現實世界的應用,例如牙科儀器,而使用速度──黃金的流量需求(每年以噸計)──將視乎黃金的實質(經通脹調整)價格。


    經濟學上有所謂「窒息價格」(choke price),即天然資源價格升至足以令流量需求(flow demand)降至零的水平,以此而論,人們持有(囤積)可耗盡(exhaustible)的資源,延遲資源在現實世界中的使用,原因只有一個,就是實質價格持續上升。撇除儲存成本,黃金的實質價格必須以相等或高於實質利率的速度上升,投者者和生產商才具備囤積黃金的誘因。


    預期回報左右大局
    那等於說,在克魯明眼中,通脹預期、貨幣貶值以至避險需求都不是金價上升的主因,黃金牛市的真正「推手」簡單得令人不敢置信,就是其他投資項目的預期回報全皆不濟,持有黃金機會成本大降投資者以至生產商因此樂於將這種商品囤積起來。


    類似的見解,許多人都提出過,只是由諾獎得主口中說出,分外擲地有聲而已。然而,克魯明似乎忽略了一點,就是他根據政府公布的數據以至抗通脹國債(TIPS)等以官方統計為本的指標衡量通脹,大大的忽略了「通脹派」壓根兒就不信任政府發表的通脹數字,否則持有TIPS便能確保回報不受通脹蠶蝕,「通脹派」又何必揸金?


    港股大升,恒指收報18771點,較上周五漲746點,市場繼續憧憬歐債危機解決有望之外,匯豐與Markit Economics聯手進行的調查顯示,中國10月份采購經理指數(PMI)初值經季節性調整後達51.5,非但為五個月來的最高水平,且遠勝9月份的49.9。


    不過,Markit同日發表的歐羅區PMI卻顯示,歐洲制造業依然處於50盛衰分界線以下,未脫萎縮之局【圖2】。中國出口需求有沒有持久力,還須多觀察一段時間。





    王冠一財經專欄:生活質素 每況愈下

    美國人嚮往的「美國夢」,是生活一代比一代改善,但過去十年,美國夢卻進入夢醒時份。相比起十年前,今日美國人的生活水平〔standard of living〕不進反退,用以量度生活質素指標之一的「痛苦指數」,更刷新了1983年伊朗革命美國經濟陷入衰退以來的新高。


    「痛苦指數」是簡單的算術題,由失業率與通脹率相加而成。指數越高,代表生活水平越低。美國9月份失業率高企於9.1%,消費物價指數年率則由8月的3.8%升上3.9%,令「痛苦指數」高達13.0,較年初時的11.0,高出足足2點。


    美國最新公佈的人口統計數字,亦為美國人生活於水深火熱增添證據。全國生活於貧窮線下的比率,由2009年的14.3%升上15.3%,而貧窮率高 於17%的州份,亦由2009年的5個,倍升至12個。生活於貧窮線以下、收入不足貧窮線一半的赤貧比率,亦持續攀升,由2009年的6.3%升至 6.8%。需要接受公共援助〔public assistance〕的人口於短短1年間暴增一成,由300萬上升至330萬,而接受公援的家庭比率亦由2.7%升至2.9%。


    統計數字亦顯示,於過去1年,不論是貧窮人口或貧窮率,50州份無一下跌。貧窮率最高的州份為密西西比州,貧窮率高達22.4%,緊隨其後的,是新 墨西哥州的20.4%。貧窮率最低的是新罕布夏州〔New Hampshire〕,比率僅為8.3%,亦是唯一綠得單位數字的州份。


    經歷過金融海嘯引起的大衰退〔Great Recession〕後,美國人的生活質素每況愈下,可支配收入〔disposable income〕於2008年春大衰退開始時觸頂,當時人均可支配收入為33,794美元,而2011年次季已跌至32,479美元,即是減少了1315美 元或4%,意味可用於購物消費、外出用膳及看電影的次數大幅減少。事實上,美國人生活水平的惡化速度,亦是1960年開始紀錄以來最快。


    美國人平均生活質素下降,主要是收入不進反退。過去3年收入中位數下移了9.8%,不可謂不驚人。此外,樓股皆挫,亦產生財富萎縮效應。更重要的,當然是痛苦指數所顯示的失業率和通脹率雙雙上升。物價升幅凌厲,過去3年便蠶食了多達3.25%的購買力。


    深入探討財富萎縮效應的話,數字顯示,美國人自2007年至今,身家合共蒸發了5.5萬億,比率高達8.6%,最大部份自然是物業價值下跌。樓價於 07年至今平均跌幅為22%,蒸發財富達4.7萬億。標普500指數亦較1999年下跌了17%,即使計入其間收取的股息,十年累積回報亦只有3.2%, 可說甚不理想。


    由於經濟轉型,不少製造業職位均已一去不復返,工人被迫投身工資較少的服務業。學歷高人士亦無法覓得高薪工作,低學歷人士要脫貧,更是難比登天。「佔領華爾街」行動,便是美國國民對美國夢夢碎,無法再往上爬的大控訴。
    王冠一
    www.wongsir.com.hk

    Stephen Leeb - China Will Send Gold & Silver to the Moon


    With gold, silver, commodities and stocks moving sharply to the upside, today King World News interviewed acclaimed money manager Stephen Leeb, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Leeb Capital Management.  When asked about the action in commodities, Leeb responded, “Commodity prices, it’s true, are below their all-time high.  But when you step back and look at it from a yearly perspective, the vast majority of commodities are averaging all-time high prices in 2011.”


    Stephen Leeb continues:

    “As an example the average price for oil, copper, corn, silver and gold will be the highest prices ever on average for 2011.  That is not consistent with a lot of weakness in China.  China, in my opinion, seems to be doing pretty well.  We all know that China had an inflation problem, but it appears they have gotten that under control.

    This is the thing that worries me, everyone talks about inflation and China coming apart, Eric, but no one seems to be talking about the fact that China is planning to spend half a trillion a year on new energy.  This includes hydro, wind, nuclear, you name it.

    China has well over 50% of the solar industry and no doubt, as part of that strategy, has been accumulating massive amounts of silver and they will continue to do that.  This is one reason that silver is certainly headed to three digits. 

    Another thing about China is they have no tax on gold bullion.  There is a tax on jewelry and numismatics but China does not tax gold bullion.  This means gold is already a de-facto currency in China....

    “The implication for gold, given that it is becoming currency in China, given the fact that the Chinese government is doing everything they can to encourage their populace to own it, given that it is the only currency that has a chance of appreciating along with materials over the next three to five years, gold is just something that you’ve got to own.    

    Gold is certainly going to be part of any future reserve currency basket, that and the Yuan.  I don’t think the dollar is going to make it (in the basket).  China remains an extraordinarily strong competitor.

    We’re fighting a war with China and they are armed with bazookas, tanks and everything else and we have a rubber knife, that’s the situation.  Someone in our government has to wake up before it’s too late, if it’s not too late already.

    As these commodities run up in price it’s going to be become ever more inflationary.  Commodities are going to become an even larger part of the economy as a whole.  Energy is already about 9% of the US economy.

    We are already seeing inflation running close to 4%.  Producer prices, the last print there, was over 6%.  The trend going forward for inflation is going to be dramatically upward.  It’s deflationary for the economy because it’s taking money out of the pocket of the consumer.”

    James Turk Report - Why Gold Will Go Above $11,000

    By James Turk, Founder & Chairman of GoldMoney

    Because gold is money, its value cannot be measured with the standard techniques used to evaluate investments.  Gold is not an investment because it does not produce any cash-flow.  It is a sterile asset.  Consequently, gold does not create wealth, nor for that matter, does any national currency create wealth.  Currency in all its forms – whether fiat or gold – is wealth, held in the form of deferred purchasing power.  This store of value function is one of any currency’s most important tasks.

    So when the price of gold rises, wealth is just being transferred to people who own gold away from those people holding the national currency being used to report the rising gold price.  Wealth is simply being re-shuffled – as I like to say – to its rightful owners, namely, those who choose wisely among the different currencies available in which to hold their liquidity needs.  Their wise choice is simply a matter of recognizing which currencies are overvalued and which are undervalued, so they own the latter and avoid the former.

    One of the most trusted models that I use to value gold is my Fear Index, about which I have written extensively.  Another trustworthy model is my Gold Money Index, which values gold based on its historical role as international money and global numéraire.  Here is the formula.



    The following chart illustrates the usefulness of this index.

     
    There are two prices for gold in this chart, the actual price and its “fair value” price, which is calculated by the above formula.  Back in the early 1960s when the dollar was still thought to be “as good as gold”, gold’s actual price was above its fair value.  In other words, central banks had adequate gold reserves on hand relative to the quantity of dollars and other national currencies circulating in international commerce.  But that relationship began to change by the late-1960s. 

    Because the dollar was being debased, gold’s fair price rose above its actual price, meaning that gold was undervalued.  In other words, gold was worth more than the $35 per ounce fixed rate of exchange then prevailing.  This $35 price could no longer be maintained because the dollar had become too debased and was overvalued, with the consequence that the dollar’s formal, fixed link to gold was finally abandoned in August 1971.

    Thereafter, the gold price began to rise, but gold’s fair price remained above the actual price until 1974.  By then gold had become overvalued, with its actual price exceeding its fair value.  Gold had reached a point marking the first peak in that decade’s bull market in gold.  At the January 1980 peak, which is also clearly seen on the above chart, the actual price again rose above gold’s fair value.  The level of overvaluation reached by gold of course was not sustainable.  Its price fell back, but remained above fair value until 1984.  Gold has been undervalued ever since, as is clear from the following chart, which uses the data from above to show the degree of relative valuation.  In other words, this chart presents, as a percent, gold’s actual price divided by its fair value.


    The above chart clearly illustrates the extent to which gold is undervalued.  As of June 30th, the actual price of gold was only 13.0% of its fair value, barely above its all-time low of 10.3% reached in 2008.  Alternatively, this chart is telling us that gold no longer is money, and my valuation method is useless. It has to be one alternative or the other.  There are no other explanations to this huge difference between gold’s actual and fair price.  In my view, the first alternative is correct.

    Having filled the role of international money for 5,000 years, gold has been supplanted by fiat currency for the past 40 years because of government force.  However, this nascent experiment with fiat currencies is not going well, as evidenced by growing global imbalances, unchecked increases in debt and financial derivatives, ongoing debasement of currency purchasing power and worsening monetary turmoil.  Fortunately, the attributes that made gold money in the first place have not disappeared or been lost; they have only been ignored or forgotten, with the consequence that gold’s unique usefulness as money remains.  This usefulness is being rediscovered, as evidenced by gold’s rising price this past decade.

    Despite this remarkable rise in the gold price, it is clear from the above chart that gold’s undervaluation has barely budged for more than a decade.  The reason of course is the growth in the quantity of national currencies held by central banks (the numerator in the Gold Money Index) is rising about the same rate as the weight of gold held by central banks (the denominator in the Gold Money Index).  So gold remains tremendously undervalued.

    The logic of the Gold Money Index is founded on one underlying principle – gold still is money. Things have value because of their usefulness, and gold’s value comes from its usefulness as money.  It is money because the free-market makes it money.  Consequently, governments cannot stop gold from having value, nor even stop gold moving in time from its present undervaluation to a fair valuation, which is presently over $11,000 per ounce. 

    We today look back at the Tulip Bubble, Mississippi Bubble and the South Sea Bubble with smug amusement and ask ourselves laughingly how could the people back then have been so foolish.  No doubt people generations from now will look back at the present era of government-issued fiat currency and ask themselves the same question.

    http://kingworldnews.com/ 

    2011年10月24日星期一

    2011年10月17-23日金銀市場評論

    http://15656605.blog.hexun.com/

    錢學深

    黃金方面,本週五有消息稱中國近期乘黃金回調之際正在大量購買黃金。而國際市場上只有紙黃金出售,用於保持美元穩定。截至2011年9月26日,第三期《央行售金協議》(CBGA3)已期滿兩年。簽署該協定的歐洲各國央行本年度到目前為止總計售出黃金1.1公噸,為自1999年簽署該協議以來最低的年度銷售量。根據現行協定,協議國每年總共可出售400公噸黃金。有報導說儘管出售上限設在400公噸,但在本期協議生效的首個年度,歐洲各協議國均對售金表現出遲疑態度,實際出售量僅7.1公噸。過去一年中,協​​議國黃金實際銷售總量達53.3公噸,其中額外售出的52.2公噸來源於國際貨幣基金組織有限的黃金銷售計劃。國際貨幣基金組織已於去年12月完成該黃金銷售計劃。世界黃金協會政府事務總監娜塔莉·鄧普斯特(Natalie Dempster)表示,自金融危機爆發以來,歐洲央行的售金意願已經消弭殆盡。面對緊張的經濟局勢和動蕩的金融市場,央行亟需穩定其資金儲備,而黃金恰能發揮這一作用。新興市場央行在過去兩年間大量增持黃金的舉動也充分表明了這一點。總體而言,央行目前是大量買入的黃金淨買方。


    白銀方面,有報導說某些主權債務基金在大量收購白銀已經導致中東地區白銀短缺。另外加拿大`一家公司最近買入1500萬盎司白銀現貨,但被告知需要等待三個月之久才能到貨。說明白銀現貨供應確實存在問題。
    美元方面。上週受歐盟峰會臨近以及歐元區各國財長同意向希臘發放年內第六筆援助貸款影響,美元指數一改前期強勢表現,順勢回落;而美國方面近期的經濟數據表明,美國經濟依然處於幾年以來的低谷期,並未出現較為明顯的複蘇態勢,而最近關於QE3的呼聲愈發強烈,導緻美元上周遭到市場投資者拋售,在短期龍抬頭之後一舉跌破前期低位盤整通道上軌。美元的下跌對金銀價格的穩定應有好處。

    次輪通脹效應現 失控升勢在眼前

    一名經人 羅家聰,

    時至今日,仍聞有些疑似做經濟研究的人指未見通脹壓力。這些人心目中,衰退就 一定無通脹。然而,若 Q P 就自動跌,即兩者 somehow linear,那供求圖毋須 P、Q 兩條軸,一條夠啦?這些人不是無讀書就是無讀通,不知 supply curve shift 可致滯脹。
    有些央行夾粗來的,如聯儲局,指食品和能源等非核心通脹上升,核心通脹無升。 人講你就信,也是壞腦的。央行有影響市場心理預期的任務,故其言論必含大話,這是 by construction 的。不看數據就去信,不是頭腦簡單就是愛活在幻想當中,是無知的。
    今次看看扣除食品、煙酒和能源後的核心通脹。你猜哪裏通脹壓力最大?將全球狂 印銀紙後核心通脹上升的一段 fit trend,extrapolate 2014 年初。綜觀圖一至五可見, 升速最快、壓力最大正是人人以為無通脹的美國;線性推斷,2014 年初可見 5.75%。 

     
    英國也不遑多讓,圖二所見,屆時可達 5.4%。更甚者,英國核心通脹升勢已維持 十一年,可見早已失控。歐元區的政策較為鷹派,故圖三所見,通脹僅由去年初起才現 升勢。那美國呢?政策鴿派又何以未如英國?因早年樓價大冧嘛,通縮效應非同小可。 至於世人以為無通脹壓力的日本、瑞士,圖四、圖五所見,核心通脹一樣呈現升勢。
     

      香港?聯匯好吖,將美國政策照單全收,難怪核心通脹早已失控。統計處無報核心 通脹,識計嗎?

    十字路口繼續徘徊

    石林
    敝欄上期說金銀市勢處於十字路口,現實上兩市似乎不敢越過馬路繼續前進,反而沿着原路大幅往回退,但是後退終於嘎然而止,沒有掀起新跌浪。
    上 周金價最高只彈升至1694.7元(美元.下同),完全無意挑戰1703元的關鍵阻力,後大幅回跌至1603.6元,但終可回揚至1642元收市,全周下 跌2.25%。同周銀價更止步於32.66元,與關鍵的回升阻力33.52元相距仍頗遠,後明顯回跌至29.93元,不過終可回彈到31.40元收市,全 周下跌2.36%。 
    換 言之,金銀兩市的走勢在十字路口繼續徘徊,升似無力,跌亦不願,取向依然未明。有趣的是接受查詢的大行分析員,有二十四位作出回應,其中十一位認為本周金 價將會回升,但有十位認為下跌,看好與看淡人數幾乎相等。更有趣的是,前周作回應的二十五位分析員,其中二十一位看上周金價回升,此已被證明是錯的。
    倉位問題孰好孰淡
    由此可見,大行分析員的意見傾向不一定可作參考,而他們對本周的看法更令人無所適從,金銀市勢的真正取向確不明朗。在此形勢下,牛熊雙方的爭辯當然更形激烈,敝欄現選其中有趣的地方向各位介紹。
    有 分析意見認為,金銀兩市現正處於一個頗大規模的去槓桿化階段。以期金市場的淨倉量(COT)變化為例,截至上周二,大投機者所持的淨好倉量只剩下相當於 394.9噸黃金,比今年8月初高峰的768.8噸,大幅縮減了48.63%,目前此淨好倉量是減縮到2009年初時的水平。
    但 另有分析意見認為,大投機者淨好倉減少的另一面是業者的淨淡倉亦相應減少,這是利好的訊息。以在這方面表現極端的期銀市場為例,截至上周二,業者(銀商) 的淨淡倉量只及今年2月中的17.9%,該淨淡倉量對未平倉合約總量的比率降至10%,為當今牛市期以來的最低水平,牛派認為這是極端利好的訊號。
    敝 欄提醒各位,不宜單以上述數字來判斷市場是否繼續去槓桿化,或者這將是一個大升浪的最佳起點。以期銅市場為例,大投機者和業者的淨倉量在兩個月前均降至接 近零水平,到9月竟然出現角色互換,投機者變為淨沽家,業者變成淨買家!這是一個市場由牛轉熊的勢態,我們要密切關注金銀市倉量變化的發展。
    續在偏低水平上落
    就最近數天金銀市行情所見,幸而未發覺出現類似銅市的轉變,金銀兩市的未平倉合約量近日都有不同程度的回增,起碼暫不是去槓桿化的繼續。歐洲主權債務危機紓緩似有一點新希望,美聯儲局副主席暗示可能推出QE3,兩者對金銀價格都有點提振,我們要關注事態的發展。

    金 銀價格經上周先跌後升的演變,使圖表上一些短期形態的參考意義減退,也暗示暫時不會出現大幅的單向變動,即稍後還將是在相對於月前的較低價位水平範圍內上 落徘徊,直到上文說的倉量變化和消息發展有一個較明朗傾向為止。換言之,預期金市暫仍維持在1583元至1695元之間上落,日內看1600元是一個心理 支持水平,而1665元則有回升阻力。中短期金價必須重返及站穩在1703元之上才能擺脫目前偏淡的市勢。至於銀市亦暫維持在28.42至33.52元之 間上落,日內看30元是一個心理支持水平,而33.2元有回升阻力。
    銀市畢竟不同金市,若無法重上36元之上,中期淡勢恐難擺脫。
    上周金價與鉑金的逆向差距由125.8元擴大到128.3元,由此可見「沽黃金、買鉑金」的對沖並非穩賺不賠的做法,亦可見所謂「經濟復蘇」在目前只是一種期望而已。

    2011年10月23日星期日

    美聯儲局副主席:未來或推QE3

    【明報專訊】美國聯儲局副主席耶倫(Janet Yellen)昨出席研討會後表示,美國未來可能需要推出第三輪量化寬鬆的貨幣措施,她指目前美國經濟復蘇的步代,是緩慢得令人失望,歐債危機對美國金融機構將帶來額外壓力,兼且料美國未來數月的職位增長仍然「呆滯」,經濟前景令人憂慮。


    料未來數月職位增長「呆滯」


    耶倫表示,近數月來眾多影響美國經濟復蘇的負面因素浮現,隨着金融市場的惡化,美國經濟正面臨嚴峻考驗,假如要求寬鬆貨幣政策的經濟條件顯著提高下,將有需要通過大量購入國庫債券,以刺激經濟。


    此外,就今日召開的歐盟峰會前夕,市場傳出歐盟擬提早將歐洲金融穩定機制(EFSF),與原定於2013年用以取代EFSF的永久穩定機制(ESM)合併,令規模擴至9400億歐元(約10.16萬億港元)的方案,並指歐盟將於下周三(26日)增開一次峰會,以決定歐債危機的最終救助方案。

    日元對美元急升,升至二戰之後新高/ 痛苦指數創新高







    貧窮率持續惡化
    王SIR提到..資本社會主意已行到極端!
    睇怕要回到....馬克思所講的....社會主意初階.

    今日入貨

    唔係入金銀..卡卡
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    Ron Paul: "Blame The Fed For The Financial Crisis"


    To know what is wrong with the Federal Reserve, one must first understand the nature of money. Money is like any other good in our economy that emerges from the market to satisfy the needs and wants of consumers. Its particular usefulness is that it helps facilitate indirect exchange, making it easier for us to buy and sell goods because there is a common way of measuring their value. Money is not a government phenomenon, and it need not and should not be managed by government. When central banks like the Fed manage money they are engaging in price fixing, which leads not to prosperity but to disaster.

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    Sovereign Silver Buying, Middle-East Shortages

    如現貨銀價在29-31這價位橫行半年至一年,
    會另到實貨供應更加緊張,到時有實力的持貨者或生產商當然可以惜貨不賣,
    但如財力不夠的生產商,可能要出貨套現,用來償還銀行的借貸......

    而對於工業用家來講..市場難買貨又另到佢地要和生產商展開角力.....




    On the heels of KWN reporting the Chinese buying massive amounts of gold yesterday, King World News has now interviewed the “London Trader” to get his take on the situation in silver. The source stated, “The price of silver has no reality to the paper market at all, absolutely zero reality there anymore. There is extraordinarily tight supply right now in Asia. When you order silver there is so little available at these prices, that’s the trouble. You can order it all day long, but you are going to have to wait for it.”

    The London Trader continues:

    “Chances are you are not going to get quantity at this price. If people have physical silver they are not selling it at these levels. Supply/demand is tight and you know there is a big wait involved in getting your silver. If I put in an order for tonnage, I have to find a wholesaler that actually can source it at this price and then there is the significant wait time.

    On a side note, there is a man in the United States stating publicly that there is no shortage in silver and to go to his silver group where he can get buyers all the silver they need. That is patently false. This same individual said silver was overvalued at $14. I deal in the physical market every day and I can tell you what he is saying is false.

    Much of this misinformation is out there because they do not want to have panicked buying from end users because it would send the price of silver skyrocketing. The end users only use a fraction of silver in their products so it is not an issue of cost, but rather if there is a delay in delivery....

    “As soon as we see a delay in shipments to end users they will race each other to stock up. This will send the price of silver through the roof and break the backs of the silver shorts. It has already been made public that a firm in Canada had to wait three months for a 15 million ounce order. It was also made public that much of the silver they received was refined after the initial order was placed. So that is the actual fact, that is how tight the silver market is today and has been for some time.

    All of the sudden the game has changed because you have actual investment demand increasing exponentially vs industrial demand, competing against industrial demand to buy. All of these sovereign entities buying silver know it's manipulated. There are shortages in the Middle-East in silver, generally it's an incredibly tight market on the physical side. In Shanghai we are seeing $1.50 premiums on silver and that's every single day consistently.

    The tightness in the market is the reason why when the Chinese buy massive tonnage of silver they have a long wait to receive physical delivery. The end users are in line in front of them. So now the silver market is on a razor’s edge because they are trying to make sure the industrial users get their silver, otherwise all hell breaks loose.”

    http://kingworldnews.com/