Archive for the ‘Capital Preservation’ Category

Gold Fever~ The Epic Clash of Olympic Titans

Posted by Rich on February 28th, 2010 under Capital Preservation • 2 Comments

We always enjoyed the Old English Proverb:

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Knowledge is the best charity.
This was attributed to Christ, whose followers actually said:
If a man will not work, he shall not [...]

Default Deflation Depression III~ Versus the Myth of the Salvation of Hyperinflation

Posted by Rich on February 17th, 2010 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln warned US about our greatest challenge today.
After all, they lived through the war inflation of the Continental and Greenback. Two of them lived to see the depression caused by inflation.

Yet many serious people today still believe hyperinflation will wipe out all  debt and clean the slate for reset and rebooting the [...]

OTC Derivatives and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission~ IS Act II of the Perfect Storm Upon US?

Posted by Rich on January 14th, 2010 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality
Dante Alligheri, Inferno, The Divine Comedy

BiPolar Gold: The Mercantilist East versus Usurious West Game

Posted by Rich on November 19th, 2009 under Capital Preservation • 1 Comment

Gold adjusted for inflation is half what it was in Jan 1980.

But do we really have inflation?

Let’s Not Fall Into The Gap: Balance and Harmony Pay Well Indeed

Posted by Rich on November 9th, 2009 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

We were on a date in the 70s at the Rathskeller of Ghiradelli Square by the San Francisco waterfront. An elated gentleman at the bar where we were waiting to be seated offered to buy us a drink. It seems his company had just gone public and he had made very good [...]

“War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and Debt is Recovery.”

Posted by Rich on October 14th, 2009 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

Credits to Eric Blair and Andrew Gavin Marshall.
Wednesday 14 October 2009

1984 doublespeak headlines say one thing, market price dynamics tell us another.

$1065 gold tells us there may be no recovery, no U, no V, no W, but an X rated bi-economy, with the cost of living rising while productivity falls.

Dividends versus Usury

Posted by Rich on June 8th, 2009 under Capital Preservation, Financial Planning • No Comments

Thursday 4 June 2009

Coupons, Dividends or nothing at all?
That is the question right now.

Dying Dollar?

Posted by Rich on May 6th, 2009 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

Another boring curious day when BAC has a $34 B capital shortfall and goes up, ruddy Art Cashin, wrong for over a fortnight, says grab
Dorothy and Toto and head for the storm cellar if Friday Jobs come in worse than ADP. Whatever.

Buy the Ides of March with the Mob?

Posted by Rich on April 6th, 2009 under Capital Preservation • No Comments

I am a retired Merrill fund manager, Stanford Capital investment banker, Christian Science Practitioner and Unity Chaplain who funded an IPO acquired and taken private for $11 Billion. I freely gave away money to live simply and came out of retirement after 2000 by repeated request to share knowledge to help friends and family [...]