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Chris chats with Rick Ackerman

Big Al
March 30, 2015

Chris and Rick discuss the likelihood that the Fed will eventually have to rejoin the global “Inflate or Die” effort  

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    Mar 30, 2015 30:13 AM

    stock market:

    think window dressing;
    sell in April
    don’t be a fool
    NIA (not investment advice)

      Mar 30, 2015 30:16 AM

      INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS ‘Window Dressing’

      “Performance reports and a list of the holdings in a mutual fund are usually sent to clients every quarter. Another variation of window dressing is investing in stocks that don’t meet the style of the mutual fund. For example, a precious metals fund might invest in stocks that are in a hot sector at the time, disguising the fund’s holdings, so clients really have no idea what they are paying for.

      “Window dressing may make a fund appear more attractive, but you can’t hide poor performance for long. “

    Mar 30, 2015 30:15 AM

    I think a short squeeze is coming soon to tiny TLR. I consider it a worthy spec and with just 10M shares out, much of which is closely held, it won’t take much for it to move.
    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=TLR&p=W&yr=6&mn=5&dy=0&id=p52217147217&a=381158638

    I own it.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:51 PM

      They only have 2.1 million in cash as I read it………are they going to run out?

        Mar 30, 2015 30:35 PM

        $2M means different things to different companies. Hundreds of juniors have one-tenth that amount right now while larger producing companies would be in deep trouble with such an amount. With no debt and a low burn rate, TLR will be fine.

        Although their flagship Eureka project offers exciting potential, the gamble for me near term is their Butte Highlands project in Montana. It’s a high grade joint venture in which TLR gave up a 50% interest (and retained 50%) in exchange for a carried-to-production interest. So the JV partner is spending all the money and has spent $30M so far. They could be mining and finally trucking ore very soon (they will not need to build a mill). You can read about it here: http://www.timberline-resources.com/

        December 31, 2014
        ASSETS
        CURRENT ASSETS:
        Cash $2,095,759
        Prepaid expenses and other current assets 109,832
        Joint venture receivable 1,896
        Current portion of prepaid drilling services 220,000

        TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $2,427,487

        OTHER ASSETS:
        Prepaid drilling services 220,000
        Investment in joint venture 642,450
        Restricted cash 971,854
        Deposits and other assets 4,500

        TOTAL OTHER ASSETS $1,838,804

        PROPERTY, MINERAL RIGHTS AND EQUIPMENT $14,449,558

        TOTAL ASSETS: $18,715,849

          Mar 30, 2015 30:35 PM

          Thanks, I’m interested………….

    Mar 30, 2015 30:16 AM

    Anyone buying anything today?

      LPG
      Mar 30, 2015 30:27 AM

      Hello Matthew,

      Not me. Waiting mode over here: “plenty” of buy orders lined up at lower levels for a bunch of stocks though.
      Patterns wise, my eyes haven’t recognized anything appealing within what I have under the radar.

      Hope all’s well & Best to you,

      LPG

        Mar 30, 2015 30:31 AM

        Hello LPG, long time no see… 🙂

        Thanks for sharing that. I’ve been buying back some of the GDXJ shares that I sold recently above 25. Will probably buy a little more at the 22.40-50 area.

        Best to you.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:59 AM

        LPG,

        Nice to see you around! Im in the same boat as you and told Matt the same pretty much. Im sensing a mini breakdown into friday. The daily shows lower and I will be patient with it.

          LPG
          Mar 30, 2015 30:24 AM

          All the best Glenfidish !
          LPG

    CFS
    Mar 30, 2015 30:23 AM

    The Federal Reserve controls only one thing – money supply and thus indirectly interest rates.
    Government could control the economy. However Government is incompetent at best and at worst a corrupt self-serving group of power-hungry idiots.
    I use the word idiots, because in terms of economic knowledge they are really stupid and ignorant of the consequences of their actions long-term.
    The Fed can by increasing excessively the money supply blow bubbles. It can do this repeatedly, and while it can for a period of time, even a long period of time, preserve or support the banking system and make the economy appear to be better than it, in fact, is the economy is ultimately headed for disaster because IT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED SIMPLY BY MONEY SUPPLY.
    As long as politicians have a primary concern as re-election.
    And as long as the Fed alone is managing the economy, sooner or later the result will be a high inflationary depression.
    Democracy appears always doomed to end in failure. This is because eventually those in power become more interested in preserving their power than in good governance.
    As Alexander Tyler remarked over two centuries ago (and I paraphrase) once the electorate realize that they can vote for themselves largesse (enabled by those in power wanting to keep their jobs) this happens until the economy is destroyed; to be followed by war; the rise of a dictatorship; slowly followed by democracy; decay by voting for self interest,……repeat on an approx 200 year cycle.

      bj
      Mar 30, 2015 30:27 PM

      A good read regarding the latest Fed speak.
      Sad but true.
      http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1427732830.php

        CFS
        Mar 30, 2015 30:18 PM

        Why would anyone think the economy of the U.S. is or should be controlled by the Fed? That’s nuts. The Fed only controls the money supply.
        The economy is and should be controlled by government.

        Unfortunately in the federal republic of the USA, THE POPULACE IS EFFECTIVELY GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN TERRIBLE AND WORSE.
        One party is driven ideologically by Marxist beliefs that in “helping the poor”, or at least by repeatedly promising to help the lower income masses, regardless of what they actually do, they will maintain power. The other party by doing what the lobbyists ask for feathers the nests of its members and is voted into office by spending money on advertising sufficiently, especially when the country is tired of the incompetence and waste of the other party when in power.
        Neither party works for the best interests of the country as a whole; it has been many generations since the majority of politicians so worked. With very few exceptions nowadays politicians are working to get re-elected and to maximize their own personal benefit.

        What president of any country would regularly not interact with staff until 10:00 a.m. And spend millions of dollars om golfing trips at a time when his country is going downhill? (Not to mention the millions of dollars in flights his wife and daughters rack up as totally unelected extras. At a time when the President has DOUBLED the indebtedness of the country.)

    Mar 30, 2015 30:42 AM

    I’d like to buy RGLD today – ex divy tomorrow.
    But I can likely get it for $10 cheaper if I wait.
    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=RGLD&p=D&yr=3&mn=0&dy=0&id=p24756179523

      Mar 30, 2015 30:16 PM

      Good morning, Irwin.

      Good interview and I sure hope you are still not sore at us for posting things not worth reading. 🙂

        Mar 30, 2015 30:48 PM

        Not at all. I’m getting pretty good at ‘skimming’. I get through a hundred posts in less than a minute if only goof balls are posting. Can count one one hand the number of posters I actually read.
        Birdman in one I DO read. I still think he should start his own blog!
        Yes, chickens are money if someone accepts them.
        The other day I traded a pineapple for a small bag of carrots.
        I guess that makes pineapples and carrots ‘money’ too.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:03 PM

          Cheers Irwin 🙂

          Mar 30, 2015 30:47 PM

          You guys miss the point of money which is to replace barter by using something that is acceptable to everyone so that the guy with the pineapple or carrots doesn’t have to find someone that wants what he has AND has what HE wants. The guy who sells his goods for gold can store his past productivity for the future. The guy who accepts produce or even chickens doesn’t have that advantage. Good money makes specialization possible. What could a physicist or electrical engineer do for a pineapple or chicken farmer?
          Good money elevates society while barter and bad money holds it back. Aristotle had it right.
          1.) It must be durable. Money must stand the test of time and the elements. It must not fade, corrode, or change through time.

          2.) It must be portable. Money holds a high amount of ‘worth’ relative to its weight and size.

          3.) It must be divisible. Money should be relatively easy to separate and re-combine without affecting its fundamental characteristics. An extension of this idea is that the item should be ‘fungible’. Dictionary.com describes fungible as:

          “(esp. of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.”

          4.) It must have intrinsic value. This value of money should be independent of any other object and contained in the money itself.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:26 PM

            Karl Marx knew that… “[A]lthough gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver….” – from A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

            That’s why collectivist tyrants are so opposed gold and silver but not pineapples and chickens.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:54 PM

          +1

    Mar 30, 2015 30:19 AM

    Great comments. RICK AND CHRIS…..tell BIG AL TO HANG IN THERE…..J

    Mar 30, 2015 30:53 AM

    china never does what they say theyre going to do on certain levels…. why would they want to devalue it at this juncture…?

      Mar 30, 2015 30:08 PM

      The Yuan is semi-pegged to the US dollar so if USD declines (my scenario as you know) then the Yuan will also fall versus most of the worlds major currencies. In other words I don’t see the PBOC taking any action at this time to devalue directly because that would amplify a cyclical decline and not work in their favour regarding capital outflows.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:06 AM

    dollar on its way to double topping. Should put it in between wed-friday imo.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:08 PM

      Cool! That makes three of us in that camp. You, me and Gary (except Gary is still thinking the parabola on the dollar goes higher). I would say that’s pretty unlikely as a fifth wave has already happened and even though it was truncated the odds of a continuation are a low probability without breaking Elliot Wave rules.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:10 AM

    Anyone in here believe equities/metals bottom next year on election year? If this is the case then I could very well see 1.20 on dollar head. Im of the thinking obama will not allow collapse during his stay. He is set to leave next year. Seems gold always bottom with equities on election year?

    Opinions?

      Mar 30, 2015 30:46 AM

      Hi Glen,
      I didn’t get to answer you on prior thread. Busy with golf,kids and work.

      I think Gary was spot on with his call of a severe bottom in the conventional markets in late winter / early spring of 2016. That’s what I got on the cycle as well. And I also think he’s correct with chop until late April.
      When Gary talks conventional stocks, I sit up and listen.

      I think ( I’m completely convinced ) that we get the bottom in the PM sector in April. From what I got, the bottom should be April 20-24th. We are currently in the final wash stage. For sure!

      I think we could” get a pop in the dollar from now until the bottom is in on metals, but that’s still a mystery to me.

      The PM bear is almost done folks… ( – ;

        Mar 30, 2015 30:56 AM

        Chartster,

        Not sure 100% how your system or calculations bring you to that conclusion but id say it could very well be. Im currently not buying anything and if indicators or to be more specific miners reach a line where im comfortable with then I will go ahead and buy. I actually think your bottom scenarion may come this week as appose to that 20-24th.

        Any specific reason why 24-25th? Is there an event that may trigger the bottom and reversal?

          Mar 30, 2015 30:01 PM

          Glen,
          I think the event is underway but not revealed to the public yet.
          We still have a few weeks before the cycle low is put in on metals. But this low will be ” the ” low for years to come. I had some pretty good breakthroughs lately regarding the cycle and the charts. I’m very certain in my prediction.

          Had to go back to the drawing board since November, heh heh.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:04 PM

        Chartster, you’ve been pretty sure several times before; if it doesn’t happen in April, will you then be sure that it’s still coming or will you decide that something has changed?

          LPG
          Mar 30, 2015 30:08 PM

          Everytime someone writes those 3 words “I am sure”, I can’t help but smiling…

          Best to all, and GL investing/trading.

          LPG

            Mar 30, 2015 30:17 PM

            LPG,

            Exactly what are you seeing for this week in metals and miners?
            Did you sell those shares that you bought a few weeks back or still riding them?
            What does LPG’s intuition tell him on overall bottom for gold.

            Im all ears as I respect your calls very much.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:17 PM

            +1 +1 +1 😮

            LPG
            Mar 30, 2015 30:44 PM

            Glenfidish,

            Quite frankly, I don’t look at things on daily or weekly basis. I look at things first and foremost fundamentally, then technically, looking for inflection points as this is where the risk-reward is the most in my favor.

            Having said that, when I look at charts of stocks I like fundamentally, I don’t see many clues of an imminent push this week – not sure if I answered your question on the matter but this is what I only have to say about it.

            Re: PM stocks, I have orders in place for lower levels on stocks that I like fundamentally. And with re: to the shares I got a few weeks back, I am still riding them. One major reason for that is that several of them are going to have some newsflow this year – potentially acting as catalyst or removing some uncertainty re: the whole investment case.

            With re: to the bottom for gold, my intuition tells me that… I have Z-E-R-O clue where it is: in front (and then the next question is: at which level?) or behind us (Nov. 7, 2014). And I am not trying to be cheeky here. At the risk of being boring, and also to repeat myself, I don’t try to call bottoms: I try to have a plan in place when things come, depending on scenarios. In simple words, I try to be ready/prepared for various outcomes the market will bring to me.

            I will just add that, just to be factual, a capitulation phase has NOT REALLY happened in the PM sector so far, and that TYPICALLY, a bull market starts with a capitulation phase. Not sure we’ll get one this time… but if we do, then it would LIKELY suggest the low in gold is not in yet (i.e it’s still in front of us). That’s why I have always been open-minded about where the bottom is. Under this scenario (of the bottom being in front of us), where the bottom is anybody’s guess.

            If there is ONE element that I can add compared to previous topics I mentioned in previous posts, it is that I probably made an intellectual mistake with re: to how I approach gold from the supply side. Let me explain…

            If you recall, I often referred to the fact that to me, the VALUE point for gold was typically the median AISC of production for producers – which I typically placed at around US$1200/Oz. Now, given lower energy prices and a stronger USD, this median is probably dow to say… c. US$1100. I used to think that below the median AISC level for gold, 1/2 the producers are not profitable, and hence, this helped putting a floor on prices. But this is where I think I got it wrong: because in the SHORT-TERM, AISC don’t really matter.

            What matters more are “cash costs”. And cash cost are lower than AISC as AISC typically take into account replacement/upgrade capex etc… So in simple terms, over the short-term, the pain that producers can take is BIGGER than what I assumed previously. In terms of investing, the consequence of that is that the level at which the pain REALLY comes for the sector is not at c.$1200/Oz (or c.$1100-1150 under current energy prices and USD levels) but likely lower than that. How much lower obviously depends of each producers, but I would say that by looking at the number of various producers that the difference between their cash cost and their estimated AISC is typically say… US$150-250/Oz.

            As an anecdote, I came to this revised view on gold as I was quite baffled that the number of bankruptcies in the sector has been so low, thus far. And I was starting to tell myself that there’s something wrong in my thought process/that there’s something I was missing. And this is part of my approach to investing: instead of being “sure”, I prefer to ask myself questions such as “what if this goes wrong”, “what if this doesn’t work”, “what if this correlation stops working”… etc… etc.. And when something that I take for granted (ex: median AISC level is where the sector really feels pain) don’t seem to work, I question myself to understand what it is that I am missing or wrongly assuming.

            Now, to finish on this median AISC/Cash cost topic and what it may mean for the sector, maybe I have been overly thinking (I tend to say: “thinking a little bit is good, but thinking too much is bad as it typically lead to poor thoughts quality”), and maybe I’m wrong on where the pain really is for the sector. But my intuition tells me that I was wrong under my previous thought process, and that my current/updated views is closer to how the sector dynamics are really likely to crystalize if push comes to shove.

            I have tried to answer your questions, but given that maybe we look/approach things “differently”, maybe my answers won’t be satisfactory. If this is the case, I’m truly sorry and apologize for this. If they were, that’s good 🙂

            Best to you as always, and GL to all investing/trading.

            LPG

          Mar 30, 2015 30:19 PM

          Matt,

          Personally I was hoping his language would be one of something has change since charts has been relentless on the board with calling a lower low. I don’t even recall Bird being that pessimistic about gold. In all honesty maybe he is right but the timing is what kills many viewers who do follow his or anyone else’s calls. It is prudent one take things into there own hands.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:51 PM

            Actually, I am pretty optimistic about gold, Glen. All I express here on this site is my particular theory of what is taking place and I do my best to back it up with reasoning and some of the charts I use. If I am correct though, and the dollar does indeed turn down after a double-top as I anticipate, then it is just a matter of time before gold and other commodities begin to respond positively. Not necessarily immediately though as the market is overwhelmingly bullish dollars and the thinking has hardly begun to set in that the dollar is probably set to fall. Actually, Gary is the only person I have found he supports my viewpoint on the Euro / Dollar reversal thesis. Very cool. He has taken the ultimate contrary bet.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:22 PM

          Matthew,
          It’s either now or the fall. No middle ground. It won’t be the fall in light of all the financial structural changes happening right now. This is it!

            Mar 30, 2015 30:37 PM

            So does this mean get short and buy puts, etc?

            Mar 30, 2015 30:40 PM

            I’m not saying that. Not giving advice. You make your own choices, as I know you will.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:45 PM

            Being bold about what I think is going to happen isn’t about being right or wrong. Not letting you know what I’m seeing would be selling you out, so, I didn’t sell you out.
            I have nothing to sell here on this site, so right or wrong really doesn’t matter.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:47 PM

            I understand that, I’m just wondering how sure you are. I was sure about stocks dropping in the fall of 2008 and spent that August getting short. If you’re sure but still not betting that way, one has to question what the word “sure” means to you.

            LPG
            Mar 30, 2015 30:36 PM

            Matthew,

            Your comment to Chartster [ one has to question what the word “sure” means to you.] just brought back to my mind an anecdote from a few years ago while managing OPM.

            My former boss mentioned to me one day: “look at this stock… what a performance ! do you remember when I wanted to buy it for the portfolio?”.
            I responded: “I remember it. But you didn’t want to buy it”.
            He insisted: “No I did ! Don’t you remember?”.
            I insisted back: “No, you didn’t want to buy it”
            He replied, insisting, yet with his face a bit puzzled: “I d-i-d want to buy it”.
            I responded: “You didn’t want to buy it, because if you REALLY wanted to buy it, you would have bought it”.

            (and that was it 🙂 )

            Best to you,

            LPG

            Mar 30, 2015 30:38 PM

            Funny LPG, and true!

            Mar 30, 2015 30:18 PM

            I agree, that was funny…
            Talk to me in a couple weeks, jr.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:15 AM

    Catherine Austin Fitts at the Secret Space Program Conference
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mimIp8mr8

    I’m about half way through – she isn’t talking about space, she’s talking money.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:51 AM

      I MENTIONED this last week……….GREAT INTERVIEW ….ON THE BLACK BUDGET., thanks for posting.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:52 AM

        This gives some insight why the BUDGET will never be balanced, and the NEO CON NAZIS have high jacked every dollar the sheeple pay in .

      Mar 30, 2015 30:27 PM

      J…
      What does this mean at 1:05:30 of Catherine’s video?

      “One of my beliefs about what’s going to come next is the possibility of what’s called a ‘crash up in the stock market’ where we flip the planet to an equity based model – something in fact that could be a good thing.”

      Thanks

        Mar 30, 2015 30:42 PM

        Hello Irwin.
        I believe what she is saying, because of all the extra 40 trill already acquired funds, which the black budget thieves have stolen, will enrich themselves further by driving the stock market higher, the “crash up” as she calls it. The equity based model, I would expect , that it will the stock of these black budget thieves(like it was with ENRON), where they can operate in the open , and have and run the stock market as they please. She did mention the transfer acquired gains (that the defense black budget crooks have stolen), can now be used to fund their next adventure, by charging and collecting interest on the stole money.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:50 PM

          I think one needs to listen to the tape a couple of times in order to absorb all the info. jmo……….and thanks again for posting , I believe this is an important tape for understanding the next thing to happen.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:49 PM

          Thanks J……………
          Such a stock market ‘crash up’ falls in line with Armstrong’s call for DOW 30k to 40k.

          “Taking a normal projection out into March 2017 shows the Dow could reach the 30,400 level. That is still not the extreme Phase Transition unless it were to reach that price in less than 6 months precisely on our timing targets. The most extreme PRICE project stands at about 43,000. The PRICE is always secondary and TIME is foremost.”
          http://armstrongeconomics.com/2015/03/23/where-to-hide-public-v-private/

    Mar 30, 2015 30:16 AM

    For the record I give it a 50% possibility that 100 is left shoulder, 102 will be the head in November and right shoulder should form in march of next year..If I nail this I want more then +1s or dittos…How about my favorite wine? Anyone know? lol..

    cheers

    Mar 30, 2015 30:17 AM

    Also just for the record the above is based on calculations/cycles and timing of election year.. One way or another this will end soon.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:22 AM

    Where is everyone? Hangover day!

      Mar 30, 2015 30:21 PM

      For my part it was shopping today. Getting low on supplies around here. Should keep me busy all week actually.

    CFS
    Mar 30, 2015 30:31 AM

    In October 2012, Iran began stationing personnel at a military base in North Korea, in a mountainous area close to the Chinese border. The Iranians, from the Ministry of Defense and associated firms, reportedly are working on both missiles and nuclear weapons. Ahmed Vahidi, Tehran’s minister of defense at the time, denied sending people to the North, but the unconfirmed dispatches make sense in light of the two states announcing a technical cooperation pact the preceding month.
    In light of Obama’s apparent intent on allowing U inspected uranium processing, one MUST in good conscience wonder if the Iranians ALREADY have sufficient technological expertise and capability to manufacture a nuclear bomb for their INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTISTIC MISSILE capability now being developed.

    Any thinking person should ask the question; ” Why would any country develop a missile system if they had no nuclear intent?”

    Does the Devil Incarnate really think every observer in the general public is either stupid or mesmerized by his articulately-crafted multiple lies?

      Mar 30, 2015 30:32 PM

      Could be that its the agenda to allow them to carry on developing a nuclear capability so that when the day does come they will be fully justified in nuking them. Just saying. If a nuclear bomb is used in any conflict between East and West (Russia and the US is the obvious example) that the location of the detonation will be on a third party nation they are in conflict over. Don’t all proxy wars go that way? It is the nation of the two ambivalents are in conflict over where the battle takes place, not the lands of the main adversaries. And that is why we should really worry that Iran might be undisciplined enough to actually go ahead and acquire or build such weapons and then let others know (or get caught) that they have achieved the capability. Let’s just say that giving Iran wriggle room to start a nuclear weapons program is about the same as giving them enough rope to hang themselves. We should all be very worried if they don’t stick to the agreement currently being contemplated.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:22 PM

        It just dawned on you huh…Bird after all these years.

        About like realizing Matthew was an asset to this site.

        No Bird, this was not that game you were playin
        around here most of the time of…Pin The Donkey.

        I got more too. So best you S.U. Do as your told.

          Mar 31, 2015 31:42 AM

          Bird,

          Don’t reply! HH I urge you please to stop baiting him in. He has been good and refraining for a few days now. We must all do our collective part.

          I know you have good in you 🙂

            Mar 31, 2015 31:12 AM

            For years he accused Matthew with thousands of posts
            and just a few days ago he said. ..Matthew is an asset
            to this site. Accused me too. All the time In his defense.
            Not mine.

            We have had hundreds of bad confrontations with Bird
            and I was leading the charge most of the time to stop
            Bird from his evil motivations harrassing consistently
            all the time.

            Then Bird threatens me to insist Big AL should have ” me ”
            blocked the other day and many times in the past.

            He even threatened J…, Mark and Franky a few days ago.

            Bird should have never threatened anything with his derogatory
            malicious vicious foul behavior all this time to posters including
            me.

            Glen, nothing but malice in here from Bird all these years.

            Like he is really somebody that can order the blocking of
            anyone he chooses.

            Been very cruel to lots of posters including Andrew in particular
            over the years.

            Bird is a monster and should be monitored. I’m speaking out
            because we should all know the truth and realize who he is.

            Bird is notorious for repeating his very derogatory harassment nature.

            Bird should just S.U. as he has no credibility and post respectfully.

            Thats all and realize he is a piece of sh%t. He once has never apologized
            and that makes this much much worse. Makes him a P.O.S.

            No apologies and no respect. Bird S.U. and continues respectfully.

            Mar 31, 2015 31:14 AM

            Also. regarding …J…or Jerry..

            Bird has no business ridiculing ..J…for “ditto” as J..is
            only making kind gestures to those posters who post
            here on the site.

            Isn’t that horrible to treat J..this way. Very bad conduct
            for Bird to do that.

            Very malicious behavior. Threatened to have him blocked
            too. Atrocities and should not ever be tolerated.

            Mar 31, 2015 31:24 AM

            In the meantime Bird is calling everyone
            names like moron to idiot while nice
            things are being said. .like “ditto”.

            Accusations of doing bad when its
            him thats the destructive one.

            Total B.S. from Bird and fraud.

            Mar 31, 2015 31:03 AM

            HH,

            I don’t know you guys have much more history in here then I do and I guess I like to give people the benefit of doubt. The anger and fire in you is evident and at this point I don’t think me nor anyone else can put a stop to this other then you and bird putting peace and moving on.

            I tried and it’s unfortunate because I much rather live in peace and harmony then let anger get the better of me. Like I told matt once that i much rather give my enemy a smile and pretend for the peace then to let it eat me up inside cause stress is the silent killer.

            Glen..

            I love everyone in here even if from time to time I want to choke a few of them. When the bell rings and I go to sleep I leave yesterday as the passed and start a fresh day. It’s what I tell the wife. Don’t hold grudges if i screw up or you do providing there is no infidelity :).

            Mar 31, 2015 31:11 AM

            Glen…peace ?? Just a few days ago he threatened to have
            3 of us blocked.

            Thats not peace. Bird will continue until he understands he
            won’t get away with this.

            And Glen, makes a big difference when its you thats being
            threatened. Keep that in mind. Been going on for years.

            Mar 31, 2015 31:12 AM

            Sorry, correction 4 of us blocked.

            In lieu of 3 above.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:48 AM

            That’s wrong Heavyhitter. It’s only you that should be blocked and the sooner it is down the better because of how you degrade this site. If your personal life mirrors the way you behave here then I suspect this is your last refuge because most of your rants would be unacceptable in ordinary society.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:12 AM

            Glen , he is a Troll. I cannot be the only person who come to this site that recognizes that. It is just a matter of time before he is gone.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:25 AM

            Your completely unequivocally wrong Bird.

            Now your changing your tune trying to defraud people here
            claiming now it’s only me. Lets not forget its you that has
            been harrassing Matthew and others not me. You have been
            behaving like this for years.

            Its you Bird racking up demerit points even in the last few hours,
            days and weeks.

            Are you trying to say I’m you ???? I’m not you Bird with all the
            complaints against you.

            You are name calling again and I’m no troll like you…. monster.

            You are a hottie head strong control freak trying to control
            all the pieces and everyone around you to suit your own personal
            twisted warped needs in your apparently lack of good character
            in real society.

            You need to degrade others to help boost your ego and not once
            do you offer an apology to anyone for your ruthless demoralization
            degrading innocent fellow posters.

            No Bird, I’m not that troll you claim buts it’s you that is the real monster
            in here with all your degrading insults and attacks.

            Listen you monster, before I leave here you will regret these threats
            and false accusations against me.

            You keep mouthing off in here and fail to act respectfully in all you
            do its going to be a very bad experience with embarrassing you
            much more than you already are.

            You better…pull up your big pants…you fraudulent monster. You are going
            to need everything you can use.

            We will settle this if you don’t knock it off with you leaving voluntarily .

            Comprende …YOU BETTER. So back off and S.U.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:41 AM

            BIRD’S COMMENTS ARE BS…………

            Apr 01, 2015 01:43 AM

            ALL anyone has to do is go back to MAR 27……READ THE COMMENTS.

          Apr 01, 2015 01:54 AM

          Bird, I’m taking a long leave of absence from you and
          any messaging I’ve been posting on inactive blogs here.

          I have not distrubed the conversations taking place with
          traders and investors during times when people post.

          I have been very considerate for the hundreth time and
          only was here to post information of the perilous times
          ahead. Only on inactive forums again. No one would be
          in there posting unless I was creating the threads. Some
          are interested. Not everyone is like you Bird who wants to
          remain blind and pretend these events do not exist.

          Personally, I had enough. Not spending my time in
          here any longer to be abused and wrongfully accused.

          Time will be the proof now as this world goes into a coma
          over the weeks and months ahead. When destruction comes
          to a God rejecting world that it is, I didn’t sit back and never
          said anything.

          I don’t like all these discords and disrespectful way we treat each
          other because its not joking around.

          If your offended by my perilously times posting, fine. Just remember
          when things get progressively worse and they will….

          REMEMBER IT WAS I….WHO TRIED TO WARN EVERYONE.

          Destruction of great magnitude is coming to this world.

          Now that’s it and I have much more important things to
          do than play ” Pin The Donkey ” with you or anyone else.

          Enjoy the world while you still can Bird. God has warned
          you as well of things to come but you refuse and reject the
          truth. Its all there in black and white in the Holy Bible.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:44 AM

            THANKS FOR POSTING HH…………J.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:47 AM

            Tweety can even make it for a week.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:10 AM

            Thanks..J..he continues to claim my posts are a
            disruption to inactive empty forums.

            He maintains that the story twisted by him because
            he knows he can’t prevail over me and has singled
            me out. If he can dispose of me he will not be discovered
            with all his fraud.

            You are on to him and definitely can’t fool Matthew.

            Very strong message from Matthew. Anyway, Bird
            is just digging the hole deeper with more accusations.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:21 AM

            I think a lot of the new posters are figuring him out.
            if, not, it will not take long for him to turn on them.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:24 AM

            as it says in the book…….a dog returns to its vomit

            Apr 01, 2015 01:10 AM

            Thanks J….ditto.

            I know I’m far from perfect but making up lies
            about others is about as bad as it gets.

            Bird operates on a double standard too. He can
            joke but thats okay. You do it and your condemned.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:53 AM

            We need to stay focused, Long term.
            For as long as we are here….best brother.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:54 AM

            tweedy is just a side distraction.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:09 PM

            If anyone can handle him its you…J.

            You ripped him a new A.O. today on
            todays blog with his Youtube post
            you replied to.

            Thought I better stand aside you did
            enough. Matthew pulls out the blaster
            gun in his post yesterday to Bird.

            An all out Grand Slam. WoW The best I’ve
            seen yet in here. Birds remains everywhere.

            Stand your ground brother J…

            Great job. : )

            Apr 01, 2015 01:33 PM

            HA, your to funny, kudos to you also, thanks brother.

            Apr 01, 2015 01:09 PM

            You da man ….J

            OK brother. I’m still that bastard your lookin for.. HA !!!

        CFS
        Mar 30, 2015 30:28 PM

        To believe that, bird, would first require acceptance of the belief that Government can plan in advance instead of simply reacting to events. I see little evidence of the Obama administration or the Bush administrations successfully planning anything much in advance, except corruption and theft from the people.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:45 PM

          great article on the BLACK BUDGET, see above under IRWIN, …..see where the money is going next.

            Mar 30, 2015 30:22 PM

            And gold would trade back at 30 measlies an OZ.

            They are herding all the money and the herd into
            stocks.

            We have definitely entered a new paradigm.

            I won’t bank or bet on the stocks.

            Would rather do without the extra wealth affect.

            Piper will get paid not worth the risk.

          Mar 30, 2015 30:31 PM

          CFS…..OK..I’ll do a …..Bird….dot..dot..dot..

          Anyone around I can accuse.

          I will go easy now. Its all bad news
          doing his derogatory impersonations.

    CFS
    Mar 30, 2015 30:36 AM

    I’m sorry yet again unnoticed by me my IPAD Gremlim correct un-inspected to U inspected.
    I hate IPads but am away from my US homes at this time, and moronically only have my lightest device with me. I will not repeat that mistake again.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:36 PM

      Not your fault CFS. The Ipad and I-Phone both need a lot better software so that this does not keep happening to everyone. This is about programming and the context of words in sentences. Those devices make really dumb mistakes.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:50 PM

      CFS

      You might want to consider turning “Auto Correction” to OFF.
      But leave your “Spell-Checking” to ON (or as I call it “spill cheek king”)

      This article explains how to do it.
      http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-make-ios-autocorrect-work-you-3435876/

      And this one, too:
      http://ipad.about.com/od/ipad_basics/ss/How-To-Turn-Off-Auto-Correct-On-The-Ipad.htm

      Hope this make your iPad more enjoyable to use.

      Brian

      Mar 30, 2015 30:52 PM

      CFS – Turn “Auto-Correction” to OFF in your “Preferences” – the gear icon.
      I posted another message with helpful links, but it is awaiting moderation.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:25 PM

        Use links in moderation (one per post) to avoid moderation. 🙂

    Mar 30, 2015 30:46 AM

    CRAIG PAUL ROBERTS ………at usawatchdog. Great interview, USA is TOAST.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:56 AM

      USA to be a Third World country by 2024…..

      Mar 30, 2015 30:00 PM

      Ah, but he didn’t mention that it’s toast without butter, so it’s not gonna go down very well for most people.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:19 PM

        guns and butter………

          Mar 30, 2015 30:21 PM

          I knew there was something fishy, in that econ. 101 class….the universities have been ran over by the NEO NAZIs, we just didn’t know it.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:53 PM

        Lawyers, guns, and money

          Mar 30, 2015 30:39 PM

          Ha, Warren Zevon.

            LFP
            Mar 31, 2015 31:02 PM

            @ Chartster

            Who / what is ”Warren” Zevon….? Never heard of him / they / it …?

            — LFP

            LFP
            Mar 31, 2015 31:04 PM

            Redact: ”…Who / what is ”Warren” Zevon….?…” » Who / what is ”…Warren Zevon”….?

    Mar 30, 2015 30:55 PM

    I’m surprised j. Willie has found Sanctuary in Costa Rica all this time.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:00 PM

    Well, the criminal, worst gangster parroting puppet slave master Ben Shalom Bernanke is saying he didn’t throw seniors and other savers under the bus….maybe not but he did run over them….

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bernanke-i-didnt-throw-seniors-under-the-bus-2015-03-30?dist=countdown

    And before you call me an anti-semite, his middle name is Shalom.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:22 PM

    Is the worst criminal, gangster parroting puppet slave master a masterful liar or just clueless? You decide….

    http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/03/ben-bernanke-confused-as-ever-starts.html

      Mar 30, 2015 30:30 PM

      Surreal, isn’t it Ebolan? Here’s a sap who, relative to Alan Greenspan, though, was more like Igor…Greenspasn was THE mad scientist!

        Mar 30, 2015 30:35 PM

        It sure is. Sometimes I think I’m in a nightmare…and I’ll just wake up and things will be normal…but that never happens.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:39 PM

    In the words of Mr Bob Moriarty”Lets call a spade a spade”
    Here’s why you cannot ignore Mr Moriarty.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_txdqnVP3-c

      Mar 30, 2015 30:17 PM

      +1
      I saw footage from the ground before but not that. He looks at least 35 years younger.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:48 PM

    All in the Russell 2000 is on a 90 PE!! Egon von Greyerz of Gold Switzerland says that gold this reclaim its mantle THIS year while the manipulators will go to the wall. See 17 mins into Keiser interview.

    http://www.maxkeiser.com/#fBWDT5tmaDLYEy7J.99

    Mar 30, 2015 30:53 PM

    this should read will

    Mar 30, 2015 30:18 PM

    Russia, Australia and Holland have now joined AIIB.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/28/asia-aiib-china-idUSL2N0WU02R20150328

      Mar 30, 2015 30:11 PM

      Rev,

      There is a really good reason why every country is joining AIIB. I see the Netherlands just joined as well. The Netherlands is a real big deal because of the banking and port.

    Mar 30, 2015 30:52 PM

    Matthew, if you have a moment check out V.PHM, patient home monitoring on The TSX-V, I like the space they are currently in and although this stock is listed on a Canadian exchange all their business is in The US. This is the future for healthcare. DT

      Ann
      Mar 30, 2015 30:10 PM

      Also Matthew, would really appreciate your opinion on MOM-V, beaten down to 10 cents cdn, also a sponser of KER.. THANKS!!

        Mar 30, 2015 30:20 PM

        Ann, I would like to know what the huge volume lately is all about. First it spiked up on huge volume, then it crashed on even bigger volume. Maybe good news was sold hard because a financing is anticipated soon? I don’t know, but they’ve got less than $100,000 in cash; $1.5M in debt; and virtually no earnings, according to Yahoo Finance, so a financing looks like a sure thing at some point soon.
        I would wait to see the terms of any fund raising before buying. I don’t follow the stock so maybe someone else can shine some light on its current situation.
        http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=MOM.V&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p81758242106

      Mar 30, 2015 30:06 PM

      DT, at a glance PHM looks healthy but a little pricey at the moment (the caveat being that I don’t know the speculative potential in the stock). It is up more than 500% from its May 2014 lows and looks like it might be topping right now but has avoided a technical sell signal so far (by my approach). If I wanted to own it, I would wait for a correction/consolidation to run its course before buying. If I owned it already, I would be trimming aggressively here at a minimum based on my extremely limited knowledge of it.
      I don’t know if you even wanted an opinion or were just pointing it out to me, but there’s my shallow two cents. 😮

      It has obviously generated plenty of enthusiasm so I’m going to take a closer look at it.
      Thanks for the heads-up.

        Mar 30, 2015 30:39 PM

        Thanks Matthew, I have been diversifying and I like the healthcare field for the opportunities, I have a small position as I always do when a stock interests me so I will monitor it, but I am very wary of most investments these days. I wanted to share this one with you as well as get your opinion. DT

    Mar 30, 2015 30:12 PM

    ♫ ♫ Oh Canada! ♫ ♫

    “Just a few days after it seemed another rate cut in Canada was a dumb idea, it’s back on the table.”

    “The first quarter of 2015 will look atrocious, because the oil shock is a big deal for us. In theory lower oil prices mean [putting] more money in consumers’ pockets, but … if an oil company cancels a project, laying off a worker, that guy will not have the money to buy a new pickup truck. That spreads pretty quickly.”~Stevie Poloz

    http://www.greaterfool.ca/2015/03/30/hard-landing-2/

      Mar 30, 2015 30:12 PM

      Debt is the new wave and now with cell phones they can track the deadbeats wherever they are. Ping I just drove by another tower, I can’t live without my cell phone. Now I know why they call it a cell phone. LOL! DT

        Mar 30, 2015 30:16 PM

        It’s too bad they didn’t name it for what it really is a prison phone, or a slave phone, but I guess calling it a cell phone is apropos. DT

      Mar 30, 2015 30:33 PM

      Irwin, you’re a caution…and I love those fancy pants musical notes you put in your post 🙂

    Mar 30, 2015 30:21 PM

    I hope Al is doing well. He’s a very thoughtful man. I prayed for him.

      Mar 30, 2015 30:34 PM

      I think Big Al Korelin is damn near indestructible…and besides I thought they said it was nothing serious.

    Ann
    Mar 30, 2015 30:46 PM

    Thanks Matthew, the huge volume also has me puzzled