Red Pill, Blue Pill = Bad Trip

If you want to believe the surge in oil prices today are a direct reflection of a strong economy, you are sadly mistaken.  A huge pipeline exploded in Saudi Arabia.  Prices fell under $76, possibly the U.S., Israel, Iran, Russia, or ISIS blew up a pipeline to increase the value of oil.  Yet the government stands firm that it is the increasing deflation in our economy.  Most likely, it was someone like Goldman amping up their Christmas bonuses.  This could be the most transparent administration we have even seen; the GOP could not even wait twenty-four hours to move the price of oil.  When oil prices fall, it hurts the GDP, and that the new senate just could not have that.  Our world is looking like some mainstream action movie with conspiracy, shooting down planes, deadly viruses, and terrorists, domestic and foreign.  I mean ok, the elections are over let the destruction begin, first up red team raise oil, bomb something!  Now increase the price of health Insurance and monopolize it ASAP.

 Seems there are no repercussions for all of the bold ringleaders, blatantly unleashing these catastrophes on the world, why are the people so blind to facts and numbers.  It is no wonder they want to legalize marijuana, it is not just the tax that states make millions on each month, really it is the only true hope we have for the economy.  It has to keep us blind to the obvious conspiracies and manipulation generated by the Administration and their Central Bank club.  The market was down, oil was down, oil goes up market is at an all time high, not really rocket science. Now with McCain head of senate let the chaos of military spending begin. What do we need now? A war with Russia would be great, they do not buy many bonds, and we are already liquefying the Ruble, making Putin unappealing for China and Iran to align with.  Higher defense spending is about to be the new normal, most of the GOP is ready and waiting.

We could just be so naive that there may not have even been a pipeline explosion at all, they could have just closed it off to shift the demand.  Oil manipulation is an odd one, you would think that with everyone having a phone and how into our “live” media and You Tube coverage that we are in touch with all of it.  I have been on the set of movies and helped with digital imaging and voice-overs.  I have seen what people can manipulate with technology, even if you see it and hear it; the simple fact is it may not be real.  How many times do you think “they” have gone into a country or village to gain information or resources and said it was for something very different?  Need more money with oil, bomb, or close a pipeline then buy or sell.  Need more military spending create a war?  Need to know what China’s technology is capable of, poof make a plane disappear.  It goes on and on. What we are seeing with metals is just another fine example of mass manipulation.  

Fairy Tails

          Composed of a board of governors, the reserve bank presidents and the seven members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meet eight times a year to discuss and set interest rates, these decisions will control the money supply and the exchange value of the U.S. dollar.  The FED who buys and sells government securities that can tighten or loosen the monetary supply this in return will raise or decrease interest rates.

Today they publicly announced the end of QE3 they perhaps may just call it something else, weigh-able aid, perceptible appease, or computable assist.  They can call it what they want, but the one thing they will not really do is stop it.  They announced their extraordinary positive outlook on our economy.  I do not really know where or how they got their information; they said that they see solid job gains, lower unemployment due to under utilization of labor resources.  That low energy costs will hold down inflation (back to my USD and oil theory) or that the inflation is somewhat diminished.  I do not know what billionaire world they live in. While in the real world we are seeing that the FED is buying up the assets we supposedly own.  We will never pay off our homes or land, we are taxed so much that until we are dead they own us.

If they raise the rates it will cause a huge disruption in the world of politics, and with elections so close it is hard to fathom that Obama would let them.  How long till QE4?  The real economy cannot and will not just be fixed by debt

GDP weather you believe it or not

Can we really blame the gross domestic product reports on the weather?

The U.S. did just that when it blamed the 100 billion lost on snow early this year. China is now following suit of the bazaar claim that cool weather is the reason for the outcome and higher levels of activity growth in the recent outcome of the GDP data. Seems odd to me considering that the pollution in China is so intense you cannot even see the sun at times.  Since when does economic data rely on weather? To better understand this let us look at how we see and get the GDP overall. We have to understand the factors of the data research.

The System of National Accounting (SNA) and the Material Product System (MPA) that was used in the early soviet union, still used by some countries as an alternative to the United Nations System of National Accounts (UNSNA) or (SNA) that focuses on "free market" prices. This is supposed to provide data of economic activity on an international level. Countries cannot provide the same data, it is impossible, the country that invests billions into research, is not going to be the same as a country that cannot be assessed because of geographical factors, or socio-political instability. Some governments will not allow surveys of all kinds to take place. Many factors prevent the “same” data from being entered. The input-output levels can be highly manipulated due to the standard. The UN cannot enforce the same standard. Since it differs from country to country so there are often discrepancies, quarterly and yearly revisions, but as long as they provide sufficient data on national accounts the UN will fit it into its standard, all the other accounts can be reworked up to UN standard. If you look UN Yearbook, under detailed tables the data over decades instead of yearly you will see a trend change significantly. Studies in economics have shown that even the “free market prices” are truly regulated and administered prices in Western countries.

Many people do not even know that the MPA exists. The MPA that uses administered prices, measures the output of “material goods” tangible products, in comparison to “services”, usually in national accounts, the data collected is only to measure the “value” of outputs produced. Comparing the MPS and SNA is how China determines the GDP.

The Swiss may have the Cheese

Little discussion has been on the important news prior to the referendum on November 30^th regarding the Swiss campaign to “save our gold”

            One of the largest groups of political representatives in the Swiss parliament are considered to be the national conservative members of the SVP Swiss People’s Party.  The SVP filed a initiative on August 26, 2011 with the Swiss government, Titled “Gold Initiative: A Swiss Initiative to Secure the Swiss National Bank’s Gold Reserves”, later changed to “save our Swiss gold initiative” This campaign is to retrieve the Swiss family’s gold and considered to be the peoples gold. The gold was sold off by The Swiss National Bank and the Bank for International Settlements. The initiative states that the physical gold must be stored in Switzerland, and total assets of the SNB must have 20% of assets backed by physical gold and can not sell the reserves. Gold of the Swiss National Bank must be stored physically in Switzerland. The Swiss frank now backed by 25% instead of the 40% that was required back in 1997. SVP blame the devaluation of the CHF on the lack of gold backing. The SVP argue that the FED and CB increasing their money supply has devalued not only the CHF but also the USD and EUR. The SVP say that if they hold gold to back the CHF it would stop the devaluation. This vote will not only would make other countries view gold as a huge monetary and safe asset, we would also see a huge increase on the EUR itself. A few other Countries seem like they are swaying the same way, we see China, Russia and others stocking up on the precious bullion. This could be the biggest global move for gold, as it would drive the gold prices sky high.

Market indicators of gold manipulators

Let us gain a different perspective on things, let me start by correlating some of the major players in the market and how they tie in to one another. One of the largest futures and options exchanges in the world is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade) the CME group is described by The Economist as "The biggest financial exchange you have never heard of" created designated contract markets (DCM) of the CME group. The DCM are the outcome of four very large exchange groups merged into one, The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), NYMEX, and Commodity Exchange, Inc (COMEX) and CME. In 2010 they owned 90% of the DOWs index and 24% of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. The CME recently bought the Kansas City Board of Trade for $126 million.  Matter of fact they have a hand in everything it seems, they even provide “Clearing services” settlements that specialize in the “clearing of exchange trades”. Now they operate derivatives exchanges in London and are the new administrators for the LMBA. The CME even ended a 117 year run of the silver fix earlier this year with the LMBA. They even changed the trademarked name from “fix” to “price” just to ensure recognition because they could not keep the “fix” name.

 The question is when and who will gain control of the gold price? We know China has been trying now for a while and are close, China stated at the Gold Congress a month ago it wants control of the physical gold price. With how big the China HSBC has become, despite the controversies and money laundering. They seem to have a hand in all parties decision making and are working close with the LMBA and CME. The LMBA seems at odds with the Gold World Counsel (GWC) their former spokesperson, so what is really happening here.

            How much control does the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) really have with the likes of JP Morgan, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank,  Scotia Mocatta and UBS the heavy holders of bullion and members of London Precious Metals Clearing Limited.  Since September 22 the LMBA has not been supplying the LME with forward curve data that has been supplied to us by the market makers since 2009, instead it is replaced with the Gold Forward Offered rates (GOFO).  

The demand for gold is still very high we see this when we look at charts showing tons being sold and mined. How do we find the true price and value of gold?  We do know gold is massively undervalued, and heavily manipulated by the market.  Do not just invest in PMs in case of the market crashing; invest because the fiat money will inevitably fall.  Time and time again the people that are holding PMs get rich not poor.  You own PMs not just to get rich, but to hold your own economic value.  Gold insures that you pass wealth down for generations to come, it is not just insurance for you, and it is true insurance for your children’s children and so on.  Don’t be mad at yourself that you missed the one chance you may have to buy gold in the next decade as low is they are, or that you can still even buy these physical metals at all.  In 2008 after the crash the estimated waiting list for PMs was 2-6 months out, if at all.  Estimates on price vary because of the physical gold supply, and that is really more limited than we could ever imagine.

Right past the point of Wrong

"The few, who understand the system, will either be so interested from its profits or so dependant on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.”  — Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863

With Rothschild and Sons Limited being one of De La Rue's advisors, its no surprise they won the bid and are signing on to a 10 year bank note printing contract with the bank of England that would begin in April 2015.  Mark Carney seemed confident as he tried to explain, "We have to accept that as this process moves forward, as some economies emerge from a period of exceptional unconventional stimulus, there will be greater volatility,” Carney said in an interview on CNBC today,  “That in and of itself should not influence the path of normalization of monetary policy."

            Not surprising they are “saving” the economy, none knowing how much the monetary inflation required for this will be?  In April 2015, should we see U.S. rates peak?  Maybe they will just keep printing enough fiat to totally collapse our currency altogether.  How do we fight the FED? We have to be very careful in this “gang war” of power. People really think its all about stocks, bonds and fiat, its not. It’s really about the empire and who is running it. It’s about Carney, Dimon, Rothschild and many more. It’s about mass global and social networks of feudalism. Spreading a virus that we all know is mutating and becoming airborne. It’s the building of artificial borders to use and control labor, people and commodities.

  It may be that they are redefining the problem to suit themselves. We the “common” people are always the last to know, unprepared and doomed to repeat the past over and over again. Is this an indicator of what is to come?  Print, print and print for the next decade, is that the new normal way to hedge?  Could it be much more?  I know it is.

           

"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws" — Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild

Oil for Thought

Positions:Long GLD June 19th, 2015 114.00 calls. Paid $6.80, currently $7.30, with a gain of +7.35%
Buy Gold $1191.50, Currently at $1210.20 for a gain of 1.57%

 In 1966 the central banks had 14 billion in U.S. dollars, the USD was bound to the gold standard so with only 3 billion in gold to cover the foreign holdings, it just wasn’t enough. When Nixon declared to “defend the dollar” he removed the USD from the gold slandered in 1971, and the USD became a debt based policy. He claimed he did this for monetary stability.

In 1973 he had secret meetings with the head of Saudi Arabia, and created a deal called The U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JECOR) this stated that with a few exceptions, Saudi Arabia would sell oil in only U.S. dollars. Then invest the rest they made into the U.S. treasury markets, that way the IMF could give loans to other oil importers. The petrodollar recycling system, Saudi Arabia would only buy/sell oil in us dollars, this was presented as a buffer to the rising oil prices. The U.S. monetary restraints were removed now they could increase money at will, Fractional reserve banking was taking place.

Currency is everything to the powers that be, we see a major pattern within the governments and individuals who control the markets. Like gold, fossil fuels are limited and have been a billion dollar investment for major corporations worth killing for, even starting a war over. The main reason for going to war is challenging the USD, it’s the only thing our government sees as a true threat, we would love to belive its for the good of the nation or we are helping “them”, all the bogus reasons they state. As long as we need fossil fuels, and its sold in USD there will be a demand for the USD, America will do anything to keep it this way.

In a 1994 an interview with Dick Cheney, he is asked what will happen if the US invades Iraq, he actually lists off country by country how they would be affected if we  invaded Iraq. Scary thing is, it is happening in the present day, since we went to war with Iraq, he goes down a list of countries and groups that then would be in power, how the direct events would take place and end with Iran. The same Iran that we accused of making or having a nuclear weapons except they didn’t, even stated that they had no intention of doing so. Since 2004 Iran has been organizing their very own oil market and it wasn’t going to have any ties to the USD.

No surprise the government knew exactly what would unfold, the risk of the nations and lives that would be massacred, the money and military that would be expunged. I have stated before, I feel like these threats of terrorists and disease are extremely convenient, that all of the places these “events” are taking place, are in regions that we want access to, or need to gain control over. You may think to yourself, our government wouldn’t risk so many things for money and power, or oil. Oh but they are,  the Iraq war we campaigned for was primarily a result of Saddam Hussein switching the oil sold in USD to Euros. This of course is information that the American people were left in the dark about, even though this was the biggest geopolitical move of the nation.

Lets put it all together, Dick Chaney was also member of Project for a New American Century, they released a strategy called rebuilding Americas defenses, Strategy Forces and Resources for a new century. A way to expand the U.S. dominance worldwide, with major funding for the military spending. This stated that enforcing this would take years to achieve, “absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event similar to a new Perl Harbor”. Then 911 took place one year later. TA-DA, a new Pearl Harbor. We were able to invade and even impose the patriot act, without any resistance. While using terrorists as an excuse, weapons of mass destruction was a way in, a way that the people saw as justification. We know North Korea has weapons of mass destruction, you do not see us invading them.

As soon as we gained control over Iraq, the oil went back into USD.

Lets get Phyiscal, Phyiscal

Strange days are now upon us… In January, physical bullion sales were astronomical and it was affordable for the most part the buyers were excited for the rise of the numbers. Now with the USD strong why are we seeing the same pattern, gold is dropping in value, yet buyers are fanatically buying the physical bullion up. In fact, more physical gold was sold in September than in October of 2013. Despite the current luxury tax, China and India are back buying the physical bullion. Reports show high demand of a 30% increase, possibly due to the current holiday in China and festival in India that is about to take place. Manipulation of the markets may be taking place by common interests and this is said to be a general rule to move the market in a direction that is beneficial to the parties involved. I say this because the buying power of gold shows strength, yet the price is decreasing daily. This is really only with the USD, if you look at other currencies you do not see the price of gold as low, worldwide the price and demand for physical gold is still very strong. If you look at the weekly reports from SGE vaults, they withdrew 50.3 tonnes in week 38, the demand is that high. Silver in London is declining while Shanhi (WPSE) leveled out without decline at SHFE, SGE vs. COMEX. What reports you compare determines the information you receive, reports like OTC tend to lag and COMEX can only give us so much. Seems that the world Gold Counsel would like us to think that the gold demand is low. Just like the U.S. government would like us to believe the USD is strong and that we’re not in a recession let alone a depression. Gold and metal trading has kept many traders afloat in times of uncertainty. If you are not yet trading metals, now is the time to start. Finally coming to an end of a good run, the position from 1309.88, now closed at 1191.50 with a gain of 9%. Cheers Friends.

Keep it on the LOW, LOW

Most traders think the market will turn around if they hold on to their positions. For the most part, they are correct and successful at doing so. Traders do have a technique; they have a strategy and rely on all kinds of information, trends, and data, fundamentals a trader will preach. You can waste days, even years reading traders tips, and articles. These are all opinions; you cannot predict environmental or political changes. You could follow the scripted rules of trading such as. “Keep the money and the trades moving, find a strategy and stick to it,buy low, sell high, and my personal favorite, rule number one, make money, rule number two repeat number one”. Most trading information is just peoples ideas of what will happen, and charts are only a small part of the art form that is trading. Right now, the metals market is volatile and bearish and trending downward, silver had hit its lowest in four years. Is it an oversold market? Is it the suppression by the central bankers? Volume is shifting the market and playing a major role in all of this. Looking at the charts, there seems to be no indication change is in sight for metals. Even looking at a sixty-minute chart, where you can see the fist indication of any movement, none is in sight. My thoughts are timing truly is everything, let us say you have the ability to move the market, and not really play by the Comex rules. We know certain times of the day traders are much more active. 11 am is the highest; the lowest is around 5 pm East Coast time. The lowest time is when less people trading, so it takes less volume to move the market. Looking at volume should be key to making your move. Volume can indicate the hidden agenda of the “rule breakers” they may be playing on something we do not see. The public will react to the volume change. Humans they know are surprisingly predictable, you can bet the billions of dollars spent yearly on the psychology and sociology of marketing teams will guide those major players’ trades. They are not just trading in the market they are trading the conformity of human nature not. As a trader, you need to look at all the information out there differently. Say you are an art critic, a chart would be an abstract painting anyone could interpret it in so many ways, seeing all the different aspects and beauty in the way it looks. However, “market activity” is what it is, it does not lie, that is a huge indicator on what move to make. Volume con be controlled to an extent, for instance, we do not see the low in gold that we do in silver. Indicating the buyers are refusing to let the sellers take it lower, you can see this by looking at the volume. This is only some information; let us not get ahead of ourselves by believing that the downward trend is at an end. All this shows is the buyers won this round. Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1217, with a gain of 7% Fxmade2trade

E = mc2

The U.S, Britain, China, Germany, and Russian UN Security Council members are now making deals with Iran for nuclear weapons. Oh! I’m sorry, not weapons, for “environmental purposes” (said sarcastically). This deal is to take place by November 24 Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron seems to be leading the support Rouhani campaign. Cameron said, “That Iran should also be given the chance to show it can be part of the solution, not part of the problem.” This said from a country who wanted nothing to do with him since 1979. Rouhani after publicly blaming the U.S. for the way the Middle East has been overcome with violence and terrorism. Or… he is still hurt about us taking his nuclear power away in 2005, when his over confidence and ego got him demoted (said he resigned) from his position as the top nuclear negotiator. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) saw his need for nuclear “power” to be a sensitive topic with the political issues at the time. Now he wants to team up. Please do not forget in the first press conference after he won the election, Rouhani said, "the ultimate responsibility to resolve the Syrian civil war should be in the hands of the Syrian people.” Now such a change of heart in Rouhani, such a humanitarian. He who has in the past been accused of being “power hungry” with an extreme vendetta against the U.S. We now have a common goal in defeating ISIS. Even the Brit’s are reopening embassies and we are making nuclear deals. Perhaps instead, we should team up with the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. We MUST have other reasons or is it other resources? Is the U.S. worried about Iraq’s new government or military operations that no one seems to be talking about? Iran saw what happened in Afghanistan and the Karzai government we created and what came out of that. So yes, the faith Iran has in the U.S. is understandably limited, if any at all. It seems Rouhani knows that we are all in need of Iran’s help to defeat the threats taking place right now; he seems to know he is holding all the aces and the nuclear power is on the table. Right now The movie War of the Roses is somewhat how our relationship with Russia is now and Rouhani publicly slandering the U.S. resembles an initiation for the Russians to trade “good and services” for oil. Over 500,000 barrels a day from Iran are an estimated offer. What does this mean? Well, we are looking at a complete shift in the oil market for starters. With the contracts for oil that India and China hold with Russia being met, Russia can cut America’s distribution by offering a reduced rate. Rouhani is an extremely smart individual not only an expert in economic trading since ‘89’; he has also been a member of the Supreme National Security Council. Iran's Assembly of Experts member as well as the country's top negotiator with the EU three on the topic of nuclear technology in Iran and his resume is truly extensive. If and when Rouhani teams up with Russia officially, they can provide enough oil to supply all of northeast Asia and more. Rouhani also knows Russia can help them go nuclear; they have been helping them for years. Watch those oil prices fall. Its no wonder Obama was on such a massive campaign to remove oil restrictions. Will gold keep falling as well? Holding short at 1309.88, current price at 1218, with a gain of 7% Fxmade2trade.

Don't trim the HEDGE too close America

Could it be real yields, interest rates, and crude oil, have less to do with the gold than is believed. Gold as a hedge with inflation? The gold price chart varies year to year compared to all sorts of inflation data and seems completely random in the patterns. What moves Gold? Gold is much more appealing when the price is high and seems to be a major “time trend” so along with all the coloration's and charts people put above their own personal strategy, are they looking at the bigger picture. Most think gold is the most unproductive asset one could hold. Could it be that gold is just valuable because people “think” it to be? That people just want to value something, anything, might as well be gold. Could it be that it truly is a natural limited resource, that will again up, way past $2000 oz. in late 2015? When paper money and bonds and futures all fall gold is a physical asset that has been used for thousands of years worldwide. Well I will buy into the idea that the dollar will fall, and possibly the U.S. collapses completely, so I guess I am buying into American human nature and the workforce failing, with no faith in the U.S. government at all, call me a cynic if you want. We only own 5% of all the global gold reserves and it baffles me that our monetary policies are the fuel to the worldwide price. When the over saturation of paper gold get's torn to pieces you better hold on to your physical metals and keep bulling on my friends, looking ahead of course. Holding short at 1309.88, Current price 1221 a gain of 6.7%

Lquid GOLD PLATED currency

Forget the presidents gut wrenching speech taking away from the reality of a plaguing virus with no cure, or the fear that we are even considering aligning ourselves with the brutal Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and his visit to the UN in New York. Lets talk about what counts MONEY. Zhou Xiao chuan the man whose priority was to tackle corruption is now looking at being “demoted” or blatantly fired from his infamously corrupt government position as China’s Central Banker. This seems to be along with the anti corruption policies in place by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who seems to be adamant about winning over the love and trust of the Chinese people. Reports came out on the “Wealthy Chinese” leaving do to an array of contributors, such as air and food quality and a lack of quality education. Stated in the Hurun survey of the wealthy people with assets of seven million on average, invest around 16% overseas. Good for us financially, bad for them. Our wealthy flee to run from taxes, they are running to us for things that will not be able to change for decades. We have to remember they are a dictatorship. All the hype of the Alibaba stock the man behind the vision, from poor to rich, a heartwarming story that so many investors bought into are now watching the horror movie that they really “paid” for. Nothing is done without the government’s approval (or hand in jar). As soon as the news of the central banker Zhou Xiao Chuan came out today the USDX spiked 1/2% higher and the USD even stronger. What a joke I live in the U.S. our economy is “crap”, I guess in a paper and digital world the dollar is soaring. While people discus in forums and chat rooms, the close relationship Obama and Zhou have “tennis buddies” and such, jokes regarding how the new banker of China will have Goldman Sachs on his resume and Obama as a reference. This is all too real for most traders. As we dump U.S. equities = money leaving U.S. investors will be looking to Asia for a better yield = money in Asia. The central bank is supposed to create price stability all this is causing, is liquidity. As the dollar climbs I hold gold short at 1309.88 current price 1217.00 with a gain of 7% Fxmade2trade

YOU"RE as COLD as ISIS

Traders seemed undaunted as the U.S. crusades a “bomb ISIS” movement and when September 11 came and went and the S&P only fell 1% all seemed unchanged on the market even with the loom of a terrorist attack. As the U.S. government tries to dumb-down the reality of what it would mean for investors if, and when they do attack the U.S. so for now we are looking at dipping our hands into yet another war that we for now have nothing to do with… well, at least not on out home turf. The reasons could vary from protecting our country, or a much deeper level of ways that the government would be able to access areas and acquire resources otherwise unobtainable to the U.S. The pentagon estimates we will spend close to seven million a day for operations in Iraq and Syria. Is this a coincidence that all our involvement in wars and “aid” are places of major oil lines or mines? Even the Malaysian crash let us into inaccessible areas and see what kind of technologies our “competitors” hold. Do we really have the money to spend seven million a day? The impact on our already extensive debt, bodes the market will have a monumental crash. When this event takes place and this is only a matter of time before traders fear takes over. They will start bailing on the USD, searching for more physical investments. If you do have metal in the physical form hold on its coming soon my friends just do not rush it and be pulled in to soon. Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1222.00 a gain of 6.7% Fxmade2trade

A "DENT" IN GOLD PERDICTIONS

The founder of Dent research and Harvard grad Harry Dent is a fascinating and amazing individual, many traders have relied on his predictions to aid and sway their own strategies. However, can his predictions of gold being at $700 in 2015 and in 2020 to $250 be real? Maybe, it could all be propaganda to sell his "The Demographic Cliff," book and idealism. He predicts a crash in our economy like no other, and that I can believe more than gold being that low even after the crash in 2008 trying to buy physical gold was close to impossible. If and when the market does collapse again people do turn to physical metal as a great investment as well as by then the anti luxury ban in China and India will be over, and just because gold follows the trend of crude oil, it doesn’t have to. “If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties”-Francis Bacon Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1216.00 a gain of 7.2% Fxmade2trade

Ali, Ali, Ali debt we're free...

38% to $93.89 a share, Alibaba’s worth $231.44 billion, Chinese e-commerce giant is now worth much more than many of the large companies in the USA While Ma said… Alibaba will be bigger than the USA's Wal-Mart, but the massive retailer is still worth $248 billion, he is close. While Google at $403 billion still ahead. Still leading Johnson & Johnson has a cap at $305 billion. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate at $339 billion. Wells Fargo is still up and worth more than Alibaba, with a market cap of $279 billion However… Ali is bigger Than proctor and gamble, P&G’s $229 billion. AT&T with a low of $184 billion. Coca cola even is only worth $184 billion. JPMorgan Chase as we know is lower than Ali at $230 billion. Even face book at $203 billion. Ali and the growing strong economy of consumers is Asia has just begun if we can switch positions with them as the biggest exporter to the ever-changing economy and make china our major consumer than the US may have hope.

Don't turn down the volume! REVERSE IT

How the Scottish impacted the world… besides war hero’s, architects and engineers, amazing poets and well as we know Shakespeare made Macbeth a infamous king. They invented the television and the telephone. The nation’s finances had been so bad in 1694 Scotland co founded the Bank of England. They even invented the first waterproof fabric, and rubber wheel. Now they have helped make the USD strong as people still afraid to invest in the EUR, GBP, even the JPY is at a low, with the vote a big No people may start having faith in those currencies again. The USD is also staying strong because of other volume factors. What I mean by this is that when the US stock market is up and the USD is strong people want to invest and traders feel safe for another day or week sometimes even minutes of safety are everything to a traders calls. But is the US stock market up? To most newbie’s they would say yes. This is when volume comes into play, the S&P is up but that has only 500 stocks, the DOW 30 and NASDAQ 100 so when you think of all the US stocks and see all of them in green then you look at the nations debt, and other attributing negative factors. Make sure your looking at stocks that are like RUSSELL 2000 not just the few that volume moves.Watch out for those reverse signals with the USD,Gold may be on the rise but for now still holding short at 1309.88 current price 1216.00 a gain of 7.1% Fxmade2trade

Vote for the fall of Gold

Fx and metal traders seem to be waiting for the Scottish vote even more so than the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Many people are skeptical of the vote having any impact on gold at all, but I foresee a whole other change coming. We did see a little rise but not by much. If the fear of the ERO and GBP fuels the USD in the market, the USD could get stronger and we could see a huge drop in gold this week with today’s vote. Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1225.00 gain of 6.4% Fxmade2trade

China "BEARS" All

Since late 2012 to gain the confidence, popularity and trust of the people the powerful communist Chinese government decides to issue anti-graft and anti-extravagance measures. This created such a massive change for how and what is being produced and imported that a systematic chain reaction in other markets such as property, Gifts, travel and now all automobiles purchased by government must be domestic branded vehicles so the stream of Bentley, BMW and Mercedes are no longer allowed as government vehicles. Even liquor and spending on events are limited Xinhua News Agency reported that all levels of government will be barred from using government funds to organize extravagant galas staged with expensive celebrities and performances. Officials will punish organizers of “expensive or wasteful celebratory events.” Ah yes and now we have seen first hand gold declining and this ban is campaigned to lead in to 2017. according to a report by Bain & Co., China’s growth in luxury spending dropped from 7 percent in 2012 to just 2 percent in 2013, the slowest pace since 2000. The Hurun Report, a publication that chronicles the wealthy in China, said in its 2014 Luxury Consumers Survey that compared to 2013, 25 percent fewer respondents plan to give a “very expensive gift” (worth $826 or more) at Chinese New Year. Additionally, since Xi’s austerity campaign, China’s high-end hotels have experienced considerable drops in their occupancy rates. Before the campaign, government bookings accounted for more than 40 percent of sales for business hotels. Now, business has fallen by more than 50 percent. Now we cannot forget many things attributed to these statistics, and money is still being spent, the Chinese are still spending and spending a lot. The money is for now outside of china and with more focus on strengthening the middle class in China this just means investors need to look at what moves the middle class and focus on that. Just so I am being clear I can’t foresee the middle class buying up large chunky gold watches, and Cartier jewelry in the near future. India will once again be the main consumer of gold and with the Diwali festival in October, physical gold is being smuggled in at an alarming rate, as well as the fear of the Scottish independence fueling fear, explains the buying spree of physical gold coins in the U.K. Once again and don’t let the statistics run your trading, much of the information is altered and the Reserve Banks withhold information and Central Banks foresee intention of consumers, and traders. In fact the Chinese have been trying to gain the upper hand in the pricing gold, and away from London for some time and it seems their efforts may pay off. For now, gold is bearish and I am holding short at 1309.88 current price 1223.00 gain of 6.6% Fxmade2trade

Yellow fever turned green

Is the USD a crutch for traders? On the other hand, is it fear? With Asia’s ever expanding economy and the growing emphasis on strengthening the middle class it is somewhat surprising that the consumer demand for gold is so low. Or is the demand still as strong but all the restrictions on imports that the government and the Reserve bank has put on China and India in the last year. The two countries that are the largest consumers of gold, are with the same demand but their hands are tied. This seems to be the theme world wide with so many factors swaying the people from political to the strong equity markets taking investors away from buying gold, however many central banks will still need to buy gold to secure a viable reserve currency. Traders seem to be afraid of the ERO, for a while all the political turmoil in Russia hadn’t caused any shift in trades but we now see that after a few months it fell dramatically. Now with Scotland’s vote just in a few days the GBP is suffering as well. The strength of the USD seems to remain a safe haven for investors as of now. However with The unforeseen realization is that as the U.S. dollar gets stronger the price of international goods gets cheaper and become more enticing for the U.S. to buy overseas. This can cause a major turn of events for the USD and with low domestic demand, we then will be keeping our USD in international waters instead of on U.S. soil. The U.S. economy will be right in the red again with the USD weak and the competition of the ERO, GBP and JPY strong. Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1235.00 gain of 5.7% Fxmade2trade

Willy WONG-KA and their Golden ticket

With China being the largest consumer of gold and India close behind should we be worried that china will start gaining complete control of this major market and not just in the buying but the mining and economic gains as well. The World Gold Counsel and the China Gold Association signed a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement’ this last week Song Xin, President of the China Gold Association said at today’s signing ceremony: “This partnership aims to release our shared ambitions to encourage international enterprise in China and shape the ongoing growth of this important and rapidly changing market. The World Gold Council is a strong advocate for the development of the gold market. The collaboration at this year’s China Gold Congress marks the first step in a long-term relationship which we intend to foster over the coming years.” Commenting on the partnership, Aram Shishmanian, CEO of the World Gold Council, said: “China has made many significant contributions to the global gold market and will play an increasingly important role in the future. The partnership supports the China Gold Association’s ‘Stepping Out and Inviting In’ policy and although the World Gold Council has been active in China since 1993, this partnership will allow us to build even stronger ties with our Chinese counterparts, setting the foundations for the next decade of growth both domestically and on the global stage.” The data demonstrated was remarkable and how can you argue with such a positive outlook on gold benefiting so many poverty stricken countries though tax revenue and job placement, etc. Many people believe that the Chinese central bank are not reporting their gold reserves to the IMF just like Russia and others did recently, but of course it is all speculation thus far. Holding short at 1309.88 current price 1234.00 gain of 5.8% Fxmade2trade