ES Trading

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Although this isn't an official forecast, I will be watching to see if the ES prints 1315.00 sometime during the US session.




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ES prints 1315.00

 

[new_trader]

This was my forecast 6 months ago. Although the market rallied from the lows it fell short of the 1400 level I was anticipating. However, I think the rally will continue in 2012 but not because the US economy is improving... far from it. There will be the odd piece of ‘positive’ data here and there but they belie the fundamental problems that politicians have failed to correct and whose policies continue to undermine any real chance of recovery. This is US Presidential election year (Vote RON PAUL!!) so IMO there will be a herculean effort to fool the public into believing everything is O.K and the market will react accordingly. I’ve seen many people in this forum buy into the ‘positive’ NEWS so if allegedly intelligent operators can be so easily fooled by politicians then so can the uninformed public.

Never heard of this bloke, but he must be reading my journal

Biderman's Daily Edge 2/3/2012: Is BLS Data Skewed? - YouTube


P.S: Thanks for the 5 star rating, whoever it was

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IMO: The USA is in a great depression and all the weak economic data supports this, but the market has been propped up by the FED's cheap money or 'stimulus' which is now wearing off and also coming to an end. However, Osama Ben Bernanke will not let his Wall Street buddies down, nor will he allow the President to be embarrassed in front of his woman. This is the beauty of fiat money, it allows Politics to 'triumph' over economics...but only in the short run.

To answer the question, the downtrend in real terms will continue, but in nominal terms, the sky is the limit! In S&P500 terms, I would be mildly surprised if it broke below 1250, but by the year's end I think it will be closer to 1400. There is nothing I'm seeing (yet) which makes me think this market is being liquidated so I have been adding to my portfolio on these 'dips' but I am picking my stocks wisely and in a currency that is gaining strength against the $US and £UK.

If I have read the market correctly (and there is always a chance I haven't) I figure it will be higher by the end of the year. This doesn't mean it won't go down further first, but I think there will be more stimulus if it does, you can almost Bernank on it!

15/3/2012 S&P500 Hits 1400! O.K So it wasn't exactly the end of 2011, but still within around 3 months isn't bad for a call made on June 3, 2011, around 6 months in advance.

I never wavered in my resolve and still remain confident this rally is going to continue.

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[new_trader]

An excellent lecture on The Gold Standard:

The Gold Standard in Theory and Myth (by Joseph Salerno)

The Gold Standard in Theory and Myth (by Joseph Salerno) - YouTube

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Lawrence Reed in his essay, "Great Myths of the Great Depression," argued that destructive government policies produced America's Great Depression. He set out to debunk what he called the 20th century's greatest myth: free markets caused the depression and government intervention brought about economic recovery.

Read the original essay here: Great Myths of the Great Depression | Foundation for Economic Education

Great Myths of the Great Depression - YouTube


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What is the point of trying to make money if you don’t understand its value?


Sound Money Project Interview Series: Dr. Thomas Rustici (full version) - YouTube


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Part 2.

Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., who has argued successfully in the Supreme Court and is the holder of four degrees from Harvard, discusses money, inflation, and a plan for an alternative, Constitutional currency for the United States.

Sound Money Project Interview Series: Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr. (Full Version) - YouTube






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Utah Governor Gary Herbert has signed House Bill 157: A Currency Amendment re-monetizing gold and silver as currencies which will compete against the US dollar.:clap::clap::clap:


People are Buying Goods with Silver & Gold - YouTube

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Ron Paul educates mainstream morons.

Ron Paul on CNBC 4/23/12 - YouTube

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Ron Paul, the gold standard in politics and economics, debates Paul Krugman.

Some Paul Krugman errors:

1) Barter – The IRS will NOT allow a simple barter exchange to take place. If you exchange gold for a good or service, the IRS treats the exchange as a sale ie/ You must inform the IRS or the price you originally paid for the gold and the value of the good or service exchanged and pay Capital gains tax on the difference.

2) Krugman claims an unmanaged economy is subject to extreme volatility and downturns – The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 and it presided over the crash of 1929 and the Great depression. Recently it presided over the dot.com bubble, the housing bubble and the Global financial crisis. The track record of the Federal Reserve since its creation is abysmal and hasn’t in any way eliminated volatility and downturns from the market, quite the opposite in fact.



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Japanese pension fund switches to gold
Japanese pension fund switches to gold - FT.com

"Okayama Metal & Machinery has become the first Japanese pension fund to make public purchases of gold, in a sign of dwindling faith in paper currencies."

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Mr Kiguchi said the lack of yield was a concern for the fund’s investment committee, but he persuaded them that “from a very long-term point of view, gold may be one of the safe currencies”.

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Meanwhile, the debasement of fiat currencies continues and the die-hard fans of paper money and Central Banks at T2W live in denial...

 

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It comes as no surprise that President François Hollande and President Obama are now best friends. There is an election coming up and Obama is desperate to win with his socialist policies and rhetoric. Expect more of it.

Nothing is more calculated to make a demagogue popular than a constantly reiterated demand for heavy taxes on the rich. Capital levies and high income taxes on the larger incomes are extraordinarily popular with the masses, who do not have to pay them.
-Ludwig von Mises

State of the Union address: Barack Obama pledges equal taxes for rich - YouTube





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[new_trader]

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
-Albert Einstein

BBC News - IMF tells UK to consider rate cut to boost growth

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the UK's continuing economic weakness means authorities should consider more quantitative easing (QE) and even cutting interest rates."


INSANE IMBECILES!

 

[new_trader]

Swivel on this king moron Paul "Print Money" Krugman...you and your idiotic Keynesian policies...all you keep doing is prolong the inevitable and make it worse.

Estonia Uses the Euro, and the Economy is Booming


"Estonia is the only euro-zone country with a budget surplus. National debt is just 6 percent of GDP, compared to 81 percent in virtuous Germany, or 165 percent in Greece."

"Estonia’s achievement is all the more remarkable when you consider that it was one of the countries hardest hit by the global financial crisis."

"How did they bounce back? “I can answer in one word: austerity."

"After three years of painful government belt-tightening, that’s not exactly the message that Europeans further south want to hear."

 

[new_trader]

An excellent video where Tony Robbins uses using simple arithmetic to explain the problem with big Government...even a brain dead socialist should understand it!

Enjoy!

The National Debt and Federal Budget Deficit Deconstructed - Tony Robbins - YouTube