Thursday, March 11, 2010

Bob Chapman : Pondering Our Collapse While We Watch Others Fall

Bob Chapman
Bob Chapman
The International Forecaster
March 11, 2010

Every important factor we see is working against the dollar and we believe that trend is irreversible. That means the present dollar rally probably cannot endure and it could well be the time to short the USDX.
Most observers discuss Europe’s problems and the plight of the euro, pound, and the Danish and Swedish koronas. They believe these European currencies will plunge lower versus the dollar and that the dollar will maintain, even after a dollar rally from 74 to 81 on the USDX. As we have said before the euro was unnatural creation born of a desire to usher in a world currency. As we shall see in the future the euro will fail. In spite of that the dollar is certainly no bargain, because next year America will be totally bankrupt. As a result of the terrible conditions among currencies, gold makes great gains. Last year and so far this year gold is up 10% to 24% against many major currencies. This kind of action of course proves again that gold is the world’s strongest currency. We might add here that we believe that it is only a matter of time before the LBMA, or Comex, or the ETFs, GLDs and SLVs are enveloped in scandal. As so often has happened in history fiat currencies have collapsed. Thus, it will happen again. Those of you not in gold and silver related assets will lose most of what you have worked for your entire lives.

The collapse of currencies and nations won’t happen overnight, because their demise has been planned, and a subtle collapse is in process. Our guess is that next year is when the collapse will finally take place followed by one of the greatest deflationary depressions of all time. During the last 2-1/2 years all the toxic investments have been and will continue to be transferred from the Illuminist banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies and transnational conglomerates to the public. The Federal Reserve is the repository for this junk, which includes Treasuries and Agencies. That means the public foots the bill. Every government and bank in the world will be affected. This magical game of 3-card-Monte will never work and the Illuminists know it won’t work. That is why they have war on demand to distract the public and to escape punishment for the devastating thing they have brought upon mankind. What we are facing is as bad if not worse than the collapse of the Lombard system in Venice in 1348, the year of the plague and the collapse of the Hanseanic League in the 1600s, the creation of the Medici’s. For starters we already have 19 bankrupt or near bankrupt major countries and many others that will be pulled into the vortex of financial and economic calamity. In each country we see the Illuminists doing their evil work, legends in their own minds, in a system that they know cannot survive. They are waiting for orders to pull the plug in each and every country. These masters of the universe all know that prosperity cannot be created by printing money and issuing credit indefinitely. They know full well that such a system cannot survive.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Strong Chinese Exports Cause Aussie Dollar to Soar

Yuan vs Dollar
Yesterday’s price action in the currencies versus the dollar was a drag, man… We did, however, see the higher yielding currencies begin to move away from the pack of currencies led by the euro (EUR). That move higher by the likes of Australia (AUD), Brazil (BRL), South Africa (ZAR), and others, carried over through the overnight sessions, so, as we start today, they are stronger versus the dollar… In fact, the Aussie dollar is near a 7-week high this morning.

Another thing helping to boost the Aussie this morning was the news overnight that China reported that exports had increased the most in three years, last month… For those of you keeping score at home… That’s a 46% increase in exports during February for China! Now… I can hear some of the new readers saying, what in the world do China’s exports have to do with the Aussie dollar rising? Ahhh grasshopper, come sit…

You see, Australia is a raw materials (commodities) rich country, which supplies China with all the raw materials they need to build their infrastructure. When China slowed down, it caused a chain reaction to Australia… But… As we’ve seen in the past nine months, China was the first to come out of the economic slowdown, and this report confirms that they are hitting on all 8 cylinders right now… So, as the old saying goes… What’s good for the goose is good for the gander… And what’s good for China is good for Australia!
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Outlook for U.S. Stocks by Expert Trennert of Strategas

Strategas's Trennert Discusses Outlook for U.S. Stocks

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Jason Trennert, managing partner at Strategas Research Partners, talks with Bloomberg Television about the oultook for the U.S. stock market. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
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