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I have my name back, Still looking for a Purrfect picture. I have friends. Time to restart. SA isn't perfect but then I'm not either. But Life is far too short, and as the Roman Gladiators used to say: Eat, drink and make merry because tommorow, you may die. Why hasten your demise, don't worry,... More
  • Platinum/Palladium
    This link is a Stock Gumshoe inspired product.

    Its worthy to review it periodically:

    http://www.platinum.matthey.com/production/
    Nov 20 01:40 am | Link | 12 Comments
  • AlbertaRocks on the Surface of Jupiter (draft)
    First Lets start out with a really Poisonous Atmosphere. I chose Jupiter because I want to make sure that there will be no escape, for anyone.

    I re-entered SA after a forced hiatus only to find "rocks" entrenched. My sole comment on the Hindenberg Omen was that if it became "Widely" followed, it could be easily manipulated.

    His response:

    On Oct 31 11:00 AM Freya wrote:

    > I meant, and still do, that when an adage becomes well known, its
    > easy to exploit. As far as I can tell, this is New. So crank up your
    > Engine.<

    "Hindenburg Omen??? Someone found something that worked in the Past, now its being widely disemminated, once Known, will it ever work again? Once Known, The Program Traders will use it to hand your heads on a Pike with it."

    The quote above is what made me think you were flat out, insultingly, shooting down me and anything I have to say. Even if I drew the wrong conclusion about what you were trying to say, I'll never be the same. lol

    Oct 31 13:21 pm |Rating: +6 0 |

    He was Insulted? But even if he was wrong, He will never be the same. 

    Right or wrong, because I gave the Omen a caveat, he was permanently Insulted. 

    "rocks" wanted attention, didn't get it, but when he finally did, This was his response:

    On Oct 30 02:40 AM Freya wrote:

    > Alberta, There is no way for me to reply to a Msg., if I don't know
    > its there. <

    I posted the link on the insta where you were discussing the topic. If that doesn't make sense...... well ........
    Oct 30 09:45 am |Rating: +3 0

    .....well........, nothing was good enough, he acted like a child who couldn't get enough attention.

    The Topic Was HTE, a Canadian Royalty Trust. He posted to my Medical Insta.

    and he couldn't live with my reply:

    "On Oct 30 04:09 AM Freya wrote:

    > Yo Rocks, I found this in my med Insta:
    >
    > Freya, a few days back I saw you talking about Harvest Energy and
    > that you were talking about a deal they'd done with Korea. So when
    > I noticed that the president of Harvest was going to be interviewed
    > about that deal on BNN, I posted a couple of messages about it in
    > the same insta where I'd seen you mention it. It appears to me now,
    > that you might have missed those messages. I could be wrong, but
    > just in case... if you'd like to see the interview with the president
    > of Harvest, here's where you can hook up with it:
    >
    > seekingalpha.com/insta... Oct 23 05:44 PM |
    >
    > I replied to it, very next comment, You didn't check back I guess.<

    I can't honestly remember if that was the second or third time I'd posted that link. But on first one certainly, you didn't check back I guess"

    Or this:

    "On Oct 29 12:12 PM Freya wrote:

    > Alberta: at this point, it would be like going AWOL from your unit.<

    No it wouldn't. Sometimes a unit needs a sniper covering their backs from within the woods nearby.

    > But If you must, you must. But instead of us having to backtrack
    > your comments to find an EW post, how's about Creating an Insta with
    > your comments in it? You can do followups within it, just Edit it.<

    I haven't done an insta yet and right now I have no inclination to. I'm happy to just post comments on new topics as they come up in the news, etc.

    But I do know that I've left umpteen messages for you that never saw, or at least if you did see them, you never reacted to them. So I never did know if you saw them or not, so I eventually just quit doing it."

    How many comments do you have to make on the same subject. Umpteen msgs. that I didn't respond to, which was an exageration but after the 3rd go around, I have had it with feeding this ego.

    Albertarocks, the Gentleman, knowing full well that women are present:

    "For any of you who saw the theory about the category of people known as "know it all freakin' dolts", here's one in action. It's American "pay czar" Scott Feinberg appearing on BNN spinning some unbelievable bullshet. I assure you, this is something American television would never show Americans. He gets challenged by CDN interviewer/host Pat Bolland and slobbers all over himself as he tries to get away with justifying bankers' wages. This twit looks like he's about 35 years old and just graduated from grade 12. Did I say "twit"? I misspelled that word.

    watch.bnn.ca/commoditi...
    Oct 28 13:15 pm |Rating: +7 0"

    A Totally gross, vulgar, Obscene comment to make but that's Albertarocks. I was still trying to be nice at that point.

    "On Oct 28 03:53 PM Freya wrote:

    > Let it slide, here is a definition from Wordweb you can use:
    >
    > Twat: A man who is a stupid incompetent fool VS
    > Twit: Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
    >
    > :-)<

    Why did I bother to be so polite and not say a crude word then? Both words apply equally after all. Shit... If I'd only known!
    Oct 28 16:33 pm |Rating: +3 0"

    He meant to say the word, Why would anyone want to Include it in the presense of women? Please note, the comments received 10 thumbs up from the Men, obviously.

    But then again, how about some fun:

    "That Hoard is a dude, who's mind is so crude
    But golly he keeps me in stiches
    But laugh while we can, I'm tellin' ya man,
    Ya can't when the room's full of bitches.
    Oct 29 23:27 pm |Rating: +9 0"

    You know what the intent was from the start: when he followed that up with this:

    On Nov 03 12:13 PM Albertarocks wrote:

    > Since there's no women in this room I can tell you guys this. Gotta
    > just love BNN. Yesterday one of the anchors actually said: "It's
    > your fucking job".
    >
    > He was quoting from a book about Bear Stearns I thing, but still
    > it's refreshing that BNN is a real honest network. I fuckin' love
    > it. Nov 03 01:16 PM |




     
    Nov 19 03:09 am | Link | 2 Comments
  • Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
    The Bears want to buy but they want to Buy at Cheaper levels. Tough, the Market doesn't work that way. Bears are all coming out of the woodwork now with:

    "Its a Bubble", here, there and everywhere. They are Desperately looking for a reason to have stayed Short. So Its BUBBLE Time.

    So lets take a look at some Charts. Pick a Chart, Pick a Country, Pick an Index, Pick Any Commodity (Ex. Sugar which I believe is in a Bubble).

    Take an 18 month Chart of any of them, Where are the Bubbles to be seen? Nowhere, Nada, Zippo, Zilch.

    Bubbles imply Extreme Heights, where are they? In which Chart is a Bubble to be seen?

    Gold is only about 10% above its 2 year height, Is it in a Bubble because its up from $700 to $1140 in a Year? Or Is it just starting a Bull run?

    The Bubbles are in the minds of those who wish to see them, Not in the Charts.
    Nov 18 03:46 am | Link | 18 Comments
  • Political Forum? Investment Forum?
    While Investing, the Political climate must be taken into account. But once it is, it doesn't provide a suitable Investment. Just like Bush was the object of derision because of his policies, Now Obama is too.

    How many times do the Same Agendas have to be rehashed. If you can't invest in this Political climate without blaming something or someone, then you may as well not Invest at all.

    You can just bemoan all of the injustices from the Beginning of Man's rise on the Planet, over and over. Or you can toss them aside and concentrate on making suitable investments.

    Elliot Wave, K-Wave, Fibonacci, Candlesticks, Dow Theory, Bubbles, Black Swans, Gann, Astrology...the list goes on. None of them mean anything unless you have Money Invested. And you won't ever invest in anything, if the only thing you can do is moan about Politics.

    All of them were created when the others Failed at some Point, A Better Model to explain what went wrong.

    "This time its different." But it never is. Circumstances change, factors which didn't exist before, historical comparisons, use whatever you want. 

    History Repeats But Never Exactly.
    Nov 09 06:45 am | Link | 14 Comments
  • Tungsten/Tantalum
    Tungsten, stainless steel and superalloys, more than 80% of worldwide output is Chinese but they are running out so exports are being curtailed. I'm trying to track down companies with production or properties. Do not have any to post.

    Tantalum, electronics and power supply, the Chinese have to import it. Unfortunately for us, the largest reserves are in areas of Central Africa considered to be Combat Zones. The Chinese purchase their supplies easily because they deal with the sellers.

    We can't. We have Rules against dealing with countries which abuse human rights and the Environment.

    The Illegal Tantalum is abundant, the Chinese buy it, use it and undermine Legal producers. Last year because of the Demand Destruction and Chinese sales, many mines were shuttered. When push comes to shove, the rest of the World will either have to give up its "Scruples" or face severe shortages.

    We are screwed.

    This is an overview. If I see companies involved, I will shove them in here.

    http://go.infomine.com/?re=136&tg=http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72103?oid=92550&sn=Detail

    GDLNF, amazing how these writers do not bother to go through the effort of finding the Symbols which can be used by US Investors.
    Nov 06 05:41 am | Link | 26 Comments
  • Unasked Questions
    Hindenberg Omen...

    11 sell signals out of 23 years which resulted in a 10% or more decline within 4 months. The Dow on average declines 10% or more every year, the Quiet sideways move this decade was considered to be an anomaly.

    This means that this "signal" has missed around 50% of all 10% or more declines.

    After the Initial signal a decline always occurs within 4 months, I wonder how many signals were issued prior to the Normal, "Sell in May and go away or the weakest months of the year, September and October"?

    After the Initial signal is given, there is a chance that the Markets will rally sharply before they start to go Down.

    So is the 10% or more Decline from the Top or from date of Issuance?

    15 signals gave market declines of less than 10%, wow, Hit or Miss but more like a miss. How many signals were given this year alone?

    Only around 42% of Signals given were at least 10%.

    Wow, a less than 50/50 chance. Which means that you will miss the upturn that followed the other 15 while waiting to see if its one of the 10% or more signals.

    Todays Volatility means you can just as easily get whipsawed as actually make a Buck.

    A less than 50% chance that the Decline will be 10% on top of the all those missed 10% declines, every year.

    Let me flip a coin, oooops. Only a 6% decline. What now? a 10% average decline is overdue.



    Nov 04 07:46 am | Link | 23 Comments
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