engelorumora wrote:

What do you suggest is the best and safest investment in the current climate?

I tend to think more in terms of speculating rather than investing. There are no safe or good places. Much of the sentiment within markets is about chasing what yield can be found with an emphasis on capital preservation. 

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PEACHY wrote:
I hope your travels are going well Freckle

Finally got everything through customs and vehicles licensed. The duplicate red tape nearly did my head in.

BNP Warns Only 10% Chance That Abenomics "Ends Well"

Japan’s core CPI (which excludes perishables) surged 0.7% y/y in July, but the upturn is largely due to higher prices for energy that reflect rising import prices due the yen’s weakness. Despite global exuberance at Abe's "progress", BNP notes that there are still no signs of price growth for…[Read more]

engelorumora wrote:
if the US collapses the whole world collapses also.

What do we do then?

Thanks

Go back and study the 1930's collapse. It will give you an idea if the way things will happen. It won't be exactly the same but you can get some semblance of what and how things will unfold. Also look at post WW2 change in reserve currency…[Read more]

engelorumora wrote:

Freckle,

I remember you saying last year that there will be another big collapse bigger than the first one. Still hasn't happened my friend in fact the market has started moving up here in the US.

Had a family friend who died of cancer a few years back. Right up to 3 days before he died he believed he was getting better…[Read more]

+10 Ziv. You're the most subtle spruiker on here…  

Your article was a luvly shepherding piece to guide the punter into your neck of the woods and lo and behold they'll find a jolly good fellow who'll look after all their investing needs in the land of deflation, crazy politicians and an unfolding nuclear disaster.

It's one of the better…[Read more]

Dominica …. US$100k + exp. A little piece of paradise.

Mikand wrote:

Unfortunately, I think I need to be a bit more patient, and wait until my PPOR value increases or pay off more of the principal.

You have a $400k property with only $60k of equity after 8 years. If you took entry costs, holding costs and exit costs (if sold) then you are probably underwater on this place

If you're going to go…[Read more]

You might find this interesting..

http://www.economic-citizenship-programs.com/

Moxi wrote:
there will be immediate policy changes which will be beneficial to increased investment in mining.

Code for basically negating any and all road blocks that slow the approval process down. Land ownership, environment, labor unions etc will be given up or targeted as bargaining chips. I expect Abbot to sell AU down the river to…[Read more]

Chinese money is flowing into property markets especially Sydney. It has been for a while but appears to be picking up of late. It's probably the single biggest force driving the market at the moment. Where the Chinese go is where you are likely to see the biggest gains. But beware. Capital flows go both ways. 

Foreign investors are virtually…[Read more]

Ziv wrote:
As demonstrated above, the total average PER PERSON is up – they're simply doing it via irregular payments, to prevent a non-reversible premature raise – cautious, but works.

In 2013 nearly 40% of employees received a larger bonuses than in 2012, according to a survey by Nippon Life Insurance Insurance Company. 48.8% said their…[Read more]

Had to laugh when I read this

BIS veteran says global credit excess worse than pre-Lehman
(Mr White, chairman of the OECD’s Economic Development and Review Committee.)

Mr White said the world has become addicted to easy money, with rates falling ever lower with each cycle and each crisis. There is little ammunition left if the system buckles…[Read more]

Ziv wrote:
No, that's not what the debate's about at all, since no one's trying to "expand debt faster than income" – what Japan's administration is doing is attempting to INVEST in its growth and kick-start an economy that's been dormant for two decades

ROFL…said like a true Keynesian Krugmanite.. opinion and rhetoric override empirical…[Read more]

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Ilovehouses wrote:
I would stay well away from Kyler Rice. His way of "helping" me was to place a squatter in a home that I foreclosed on and that was the last I heard of him.  Similarly, Alex Franks from Charlotte, South Carolina.  I lent this guy money and finally had to foreclose on him when he couldn't sell the property.  Not an apology,…[Read more]

Wages;

Monthly wages are down… 14 straight months. Beware of nominal Vs real wage growth. Bonus payments are up but regular monthly payments are down. Negative wage growth is not reversing. Total wages paid out are also trending down due to a shrinking work force. 

GDP:

GDP is up more than expected. Go look at any country who plans to raise…[Read more]

Ziv wrote:
When Abe wants to create inflation and growth, corporations comply and raise employee wages IN ADVANCE of such occurrences,

Huh???????? Who's kidding who here?

The problem with this so called wage growth is that total wages are falling with a shrinking work force…

UBS AG analysts said Japan’s shrinking labor force means…[Read more]

Self explanatory….

On the Bass thing how about finding something that is up to date. Those comments are over 12 months old. The situation is considerably different and still fluid at this point. Bass has something like $1.5B under management. He has more trades going than you can poke a stick at. Some are up some are down. In two months things could be completely…[Read more]