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Friday, June 2, 2017

NOW TRENDING - POSITIVE DEMOCRATIC ACTIONS!

1.
Rand / American Dollar has not declined by the amount that was expected as our international debt was downgraded to junk,but not our local debt, by S&P and Fitch but not Moody's.
It is felt that   we still using our democratic rights to take government  and private corruption , to task. 
The nation as a whole has said stop this ,over riding political boundries. Added to this genuine efforts are being made at this time to keep our international debt in line!
At year end our descredited president is likely to be replaced by a better more educated person,as party leader, who understands how business is done. 
If the ANC ruling party does not make the right decisions then their party is going to be decimated at the polls in 2019 and unfortunately for the rest of us,more slogan bearing left-wing populists added to the mix which will cause chaos to our political and economic  life causing a bigger shambles than we have ever known.
2.
I see President Trump shares my veiws on the climate change debate. Do read my post on this matter which I posted on 1/May/2015. Namely "THE GREAT CARBON CREDIT SCAM ! "
3.
Do visit my specialist watch lists in the index in the left-hand side bar above which have been very successful over a number of years on stock that thrives over longer periods. UPDATED 5/6/2017
4.
.STOCK BVIAN,s mining and resources blog has been updated.CLICK ON STOCK TRADING TRENDS ABOVE, THEN ENTER THE BLOG U WANT TO VISIT 12/6/2017
 5.SEE ABACUS ACTIVE ALERTS for fantastic news about lithium u have never read about before. More to follow in subsequent months
 6. SUMMER TOP 40 PRELIMINARY UPDATE
 7 SMALL CAPS UPDATE JUNE 2017
 8 SPRING UPDATE TOP 40

Thursday, December 1, 2016

The year that was !

This has been a year  in which there have been more financial  and political shocks worldwide than normal.Growing  populations have become more restive and even rebellious as the recession lingered on. At year end America is well on the way to recovery and the first sprigs of recovery are seen in Europe and Asia. As always Africa is lagging. 
How ever a pleasing change has been seen on the African Continent as populations strive for more accountability and less graft  top of government officials. This is playing itself out especially here in  South Africa as we strive to avoid  downgrades in our borrowing to junk status. As many other major countries have failed this test of morality we have for a second time avoided this fate.
It must be remembered that we produce 80% of the world platinum group metals and also a full range of base metals and minerals.
How ever at the present price of platinum, around $900 per ounce it is being produced at a loss. There is already a shortage of 20% in  ounces, per annum, built up and as fuel cells and other catalytic converters are needed for cleaner air become the vogue. In the last ten years the price has suddenly spurted by a couple of hundred USA dollars per ounce! this exciting event can happen again. Do remember it takes five years to ramp up and open mothballed areas in existing mines and a great deal longer in new developments!
I wish all our readers,Google and our advertisers all the best for 2017.




Wednesday, September 2, 2015

UPDATES, POST "Ecomonies of scale !"

UPDATES
See the Spring update above 28/9/2015
See Summer and Autumn updates 21/9/2015
 See mineral news above 7/9/2015
See Small Caps AND Altex above 18/9/2015, 24/9/2015


POST
 China is a centrally  controlled
economy where the government interferes in every facet of life ,including tightly regulating economic activity.
Obviously always with the best intentions. To gain more traction and direction economically, they loosened controls on some aspects of commercial life and even allowed a stock exchange to come into existence.
Every country has a number of enterprising citizens who then listed on the exchange and found they could make money trading shares. News quickly spread and the masses stared to join in. Little did thee traders understand that an individual stock should increase in value only as it's dividend grows on a sound footing that it makes more profit and all types of shares started to move up sharply ,some into almost into the stratosphere ! There was also a building boom which further excrebiated  the worsening situation. Bubbles formed and the inevitable crash followed. The warning signs were
there for the last three years, of course many excuses were made that thing were  not that bad.
Different from other countries, the Chinese government continues to interfere by measures such as preventing money brought in from around the world so invested from leaving their country. They also curbed bear activity which would have prevented the worst sell offs and goes in for buying shares in untenable stocks to keep the price from falling.
All this upset the world stock markets as one felt China a couple of years ago looked as if it would lift the mantle of being the strongest economy in the world from the United States of America. This course of events looks now as if this will never come about.
Now to divert their citizens from their troubles they are unfortunately turning to military solutions by fermenting situations with neighbours.



Monday, August 3, 2015

POST , NOTES and UPDATES.

UPDATES 
6. 31/8 /2015 Spring share and derivative update see above
 5.All small cap updates in place by 27/8/2015 see above
 4. SUMMER AND PRELIMINARY AUTUM UPDATES NOW IN PLACE SEE ABOVE
 3.  MY SPECIALIST WATCHLIST 11/8/2015 CLICK ABOVE
 2.  Our Mineral and Mining News has been updated see above 6 and 11/8/2015
 1. Winter update see index above 5/8/2015 


POST        METAL AND MINERAL PRICES CONTINUE TO PLUNGE,SUCH AS GOLD,OIL,PLATINUM GROUP METALS,COAL,CHROME AND IRON. 0NE MIGHT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED IN THE WORLD! 
  NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH! HOW EVER THERE INEVITABLE CHANGES IN THE WAY SOME OF THESE ARE USED.
AMERICA HAS ENACTED LEGISLATION THAT PRETROLEUM DRIVEN VEHICLES MUST BE SLOWLY PHASED OUT FOR CLEANER VARIETIES OF VEHILCES
 HERE FUEL CELLS AND ADVANCED BATTERY POWER IS LIKELY TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE!.
THERE HAS GENERALLY BEEN  OVER PRODUCTION AND HOARDING OF METAL AND MINERALS OF ALL KINDS. THIS IS NOW UNWINDING AND COUNTRIES ARE  STARTING TO COME OUT OF THE RECESSION. THE WORLD HAD MANY UNREST PROBLEMS DUE TO THE RECESSION AND EVEN WARS CAUSED BY THE FRUSTATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD LIVING FOR THE WORLDS CITIZENS.
   WE SEE A MORE STABLE PERIOD AHEAD AND A MORE FOCUSED PRODUCTION OF NEEDED RESOURCES.

NOTES USE THE LABELS IN THE SIDE-BAR OR UNDERNEATH POSTS TO CLUSTER SUBJECTS  YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Currency Surprises

   Well  Quantitative Easing (QE) has finally ended in the United States and there was a quick nervous retreat in the market ,how ever the turn around in the States continues with business improving visibly. Which ever way we look at it there was not enough money as before floating around in the world to kick-start the rest of the world economies.
See the rest of this post below the following notes
5.See the summer update above 24/11/2014
4.See first Autumn update above 17/11/2014
3. The newest update is always at the bottom of the index above.
2.  See our small cap list we chose for 2014 ,we are happy that it has performed so well to date! Also 12/11 update
1.See parts A and B of my specialist watchlists which been updated above 10/11/2014 
   The Ukraine crises had crimped Europe's economies as the trade war with Russia intensifies. Even the two main drivers of the Euro zone, namely France  and Germany were starting to
feel the head-winds with exports falling and work becoming scarcer.
    The Far East had its own problems with the Chinese boom stagnating and Japan trying to break out of a three decade deflationary cycle. In China  there have been signs that they are starting to stimulate their property sector as this in the past led to a boom that then extended to other sectors of the market.       
   This then has a knock on effect on all other economies that supply China with resources especially and then other goods benefit as well.
 Japan's population have also recently chosen  a more radical government that that is prepared to take on a new course of action. As soon as they entered office they increased the money supply. This helped awhile then the status quo began to reappear. Now they have taken the gamble to create  money ,increasing by another two thirds, their own "Quantitative Easing  !". This has had an  electric effect upon the world as they have stated that will pump some of this money into surrounding economies. This all happened on the 30 of October. This has come just at the right time to fill the gap left by the ending of the QE gap. Our South African stock market shot up by over 1000 points  which is very unusual as this is more than double the usual daily moves. The rest of the world also improved.
   The Eurozone is also heading in the direction of easing credit after seeing the effect it had in America and the rest of the world is following this example.
   Our South African Rand has began to stabilize again as the IMF seems pleased at the moves our minister s taking to improve our currency.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Too soon for Recessionary Talk !

Of late there has been a great deal of nervousness around the market, with the last recession remembered only too well, as it was only last year that the recovery began in earnest.
Now it must be noted that the stock as always in the past ran well ahead of the actual recovery which is still advancing at different paces in each of   the Continents.
Shares  had reached  all time highs with PE's that told the tale that were heavily overbought ! This resulted in side way motions and they were easily upset by any and all events such as the still simmering Ukraine crises, the bombing of ISIL, the thought of how China might react to moves for democracy etc.
The American market is still seen as a safe haven in these troubling times which is leading to their currency strengthening further.
The ending of quantertative  easing this month has turned into a non-event. The thought of interest rates increasing in the United States has caused nervousness in the market as share prices are still ahead of the recovery,at the moment there more people in jobs than there was before the recession.
No need to panic as the recovery is likely to continue for a number of years yet as interest rates will climb slowly and only in the United States when they go above 5.5%  will the Federal Reserve start to warn the share traders that the  market is "overly exuberant "as
Greenspan put it last time before there was a pull back and a recession started.
In South Africa's case when interest reaches the teens then a retreat in the market is usually imminent, of course our deficits are causing a delay in our recovery. Our government must to take further steps to see this does not get out of hand, as then this will force interest rates upwards.








Monday, July 1, 2013

IMPORTANT VISITOR

President Obama has visited our shores.This is of great  importance to us as we are the leading most advanced  country on the African continent. He has agreed to push congress to pass an extension to the AGOA agreement which gives forty four countries in Africa almost duty free entry  for a variety of products.He also asked for South Africa to consider an agreement which let USA products into our country duty free. Such a free trade agreement could only be to our advantage in the future.
Rest of article below Alerts and Notes
18/7 ALERT
Great news for us is that the private sector will also help to overcome our electricity shortage by generating and selling direct to ESCOM,our largest
coal mining group ,namely EXXARO will also get in on the act by setting up ,with the help of a French firm a power station on the new Limpopo coal field.This is still in the first phase so power shortages are likely to be with us for at least five years.Coal burning power stations are eco friendly these days ,so are not likely to decrease our carbon credits.

9/7 ALERT
The Gold price is shrinking and some econominsts and traders  think it could plummet to around $300 per ounce.
I myself think this is highly unlikely as Gold forms part of every reserve bank in the world.It is the source of last resort in a crises ,when paper money fails.As an example Cyprus was told to pay over their entire gold holding  over,when they ran into trouble last year by the European Union.

For the sakes of the reserve banks they are likely to buy in gold around $700 per ounce if for now other reason than to preserve their assets. 
At the moment the Indian wedding gold market is dead as they are relying on scrap gold to fund their needs.They and every other buyer are not buying to see how low gold will go  as then they can get in at bargain prices.

NOTE 4 Go to Pawsitively Adorable Pets to see how to train potty train your puppy with out bribery or harsh methods.See Naomi's blog below for the address.

NOTE 3 See Naomi's latest Resource update 17/7/2013

http://2010plusstocktrends.blogspot.com

Note 2 Remember the latest update is always at the bottom of the index above. 
Note 1 See Naomi's Technical update mentioned above.


He also pledged funds for the supply of electricity for some of the most backward countries in Africa, a  good start.Hopefully other major countries will add to this fund.As we all know,electricity leads to a higher standard of living and will lead to the advancement of the continent .
Finally I heard him say in one of his speeches that corruption must be eliminated as no company would be willing to enter a new mining venture say if they had to employ a relative of a government official! Also our government and others on the continent must keep taxes realisticly lower to encourage trade so all can make a living and make it worthwhile to invest.

Monday, October 1, 2012

OCTOBER UPDATE A POLITICAL PLAY

 FURTHER UPDATE 5 OCTOBER Unfortunately this is now turning into a political thing as there is an all out effort to replace the incumbent president namely Zuma with another candidate.It must be noted that he is a Zulu which does not sit well with the Xhosa majority,which has produced every president to date in last eighteen years before Zuma.

SEE RESOURCE TIPS ABOVE ON OCT 17  PAGE and 18 Resource News Post (Above)

This might seem to be an odd statement to make,but let us consider the facts.There is one protected (LEGAL)STRIKE OF TRANSPORT WORKERS ON AT THE MOMENT.ITS TWO YEARS SINCE THEIR LAST NEGOTIATIONS.IT INVOLVES 20,000 DRIVERS OF HEAYY VEHICLE TRANSPORT. THE EMPLOYEES ARE OFFERING 7% INCREASE AND THE WORKERS ARE DEMANDING 12%. THEY ARE NOW ENTERING ARBITRATION ,THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PAYED  INDUSTRIES.HOW EVER THEY SEEM TO BE SHIFTING IN THEIR DEMANDS AND A GREAT DEAL OF INTIMIDATION IS GOING ON.THERE IS A POLITICAL MOVE AFOOT TO MAKE THE WHOLE COUNTRY UNGOVERNABLE
 FOR THE ILLEGAL STRIKES SEE BELOW  notices.
 For technical analysis visit Oct 1 blog above
All new page updates are mentioned at the bottom of the INDEX ABOVE
WITH MANUFACTURING FALLING IN CHINA AND JAPAN THERE IS A LOWER DEMAND FOR OIL PRODUCTS.THE PRICE IN ASIA IS BEGINNING TO FALL,WHICH SHOULD HAVE A KNOCK ON EFFECT AROUND THE WORLD SOON

There are various strikes which workers are trying to settle with out UNION help,which is illegal.South African unions are affiliated to the INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISITION OF THE UNITED NATIONS,and follow their rules to the letter.A firm hand is now being applied by Anglo American Platinum the largest mining group.If workers do not return to work they will be payed off soon .The various gold companies are following the same route .Legal pay negotioations will be held next year.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

September Update Marikana boils over!

Yes the world focused on South Africa last month.Unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.The events have been reported on in detail at the Marikana mine.However many of the reports were wrong.So therefore I shall attempt to correct some misconceptions.
At the root of the problem is of course the world depression(disguised by governments as a recession) for political purposes.Along with Greece and other poorer countries frustrations are rising at the lack of opportunities to earn a living wage.It seems this problem will have to work its way through as very little can be done to stimulate world trade.(See rest of article below)
See latest page updates above,see Naomi's update on Jubilee Plat on her blog.

1.Now turning to Marikana in particular.Some workers had been paid off over a period of time and these people formed the core of discontented so called strikers.

2.The large National Union of Miners( NUM) had struck a deal with Lonmin that they would not strike for three years and then renegotiate another deal.They then received better than average pay and working conditions.This is the second such period and it has worked very well up to now for all concerned.

3.NUM expelled some shop stewards that did  want to stick to the deal they had signed.They promptly formed their own union and made rash demands to attract new members.When this did not work very well they employed gang members as enforcers to intimidate their own and NUM members,preventing them from going to work.They met resistance from NUM workers and then turned to savagery and hacked at
 least ten workers to death.

4.This is when the police were called in.They tried water cannon and rubber bullets,but were shot at as well ,by the malcontents who were slowly turning into an organised army,who already killed two policemen.A difficult situation to be sure.The police probably panicked and then killed fort five of the "strikers".

5. A commission of enquiry isto be held to determine if this could have been handled differently ,which is a good response.

6.The minimum wage for an unskilled worker is around R4000 per month basic.On top of this target pay,daily production and other incentives are paid to  willing workers turning up for the job.Constant training is available to get workers to higher levels of education.Their pay is in the order of about R7000 plus per month.Skilled artisans receive around R11000 plus per month.  (One US Dollar equals eight Rand 40 Cents).

8.Unfortunately politicians now want those arrested for the violence to go free.They should be allowed to have their day in court where their case can be fairly judged. 
9.With public opinion mostly now firmly on the side of the malcontents,this lesser union is again starting to intimidate the NUM workers. They are slowly giving up their jobs and returning to their homes although the mines now hire armed security to protect them on mine property.
10.With falling platinum prices,not enough workers,Lonmin now needs cash to carry on with the mining.this might not be forthcoming and the mine may have close its doors,a greater disaster for all concerned.
11. It does seem if this problem will not spread to other mining houses as they have taken steps to inform their own workers of the consequences of all forms of action.
AS ALWAYS THE ABOVE VEIWS ARE ONLY MY PERSONAL OPINION

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

AUGUST Updates Economics, see newest Posts above

 (8.30 PM SOUTH AFRICAN TIME 1/8/2012)
Bernanke will continue operation twist,but will take no further new steps and if labour continues to decline will consider additional steps at the Sept 12/13 meeting.Very predictable ,I would say.
See latest page updates above and commetary below.
For the latest on Gold and Platinum go to New Alert above
THANKS TO ALL BLOGGERS THAT VISITED THE SIDE-BAR items.

1.Over the next couple of days both Europe and American reserve banks will decide what they might do to prevent their economies from sliding into another recession.They are likely to disappoint the market as what ever they do it will be deemed too little too late! How ever I feel the recovery continues slowly world wide.Rash actions by reserve banks to bolster economies,usually makes the private sector lazy and then they demand more and more as they do less themselves.Printing money with out backing is an eventual road to disaster.

Monday, July 2, 2012

July Updates,Resources reveiws,Info Alerts.

The market is likely to gain moderately this month,probably with some gut wrenching reversals!
We have almost completed the format changes we have  implemented over the last couple of months ,that our veiwers have asked for.We hope this will make this page easier to understand.
All updates are listed above in the index.The newest updates are towards the BOTTOM OF THE INDEX.
1.THE ARTICLES AND OTHER INFO WILL BE GIVEN BELOW (See below 03)
2.THE CURRENCY CONVERTER  WAS ALSO A REQUEST FROM A NUMBER OF OUR VEIWERS NOW APPEARS ON THE STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS  BLOG
http://2010plusstocktrends.blogspot.com/
3.LABELS ARE NOW HIGHER IN THE SIDE-BAR TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CLUSTER LIKE MINDED ARTICLES TOGETHER
Jul 03
1.I feel the reason,that the  Gold price keeps falling these days is that there is no real crises in the world.The general feeling is that all countries are over coming their monetary crises.Now the Gold price only rises when the American Dollar strengthens,which is the reverse of what would happen in areal crises when gold would form the currency of last resort.Most buyers have not enough extra cash in these straighted times to buy Gold.Unless a major war seems to be looming Gold is likely to continue drifting,this might continue for years.So Gold is basically out of favour.
2. This is not the case with Platinum as its price will be higher than Gold as soon as recovery is in full swing as besides being used in jewellery in Asia is a precious metal,is used in catalytic converters and the ever cleaner fuel cell technology.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

June Update Dramatic events

 SEE DRAMATIC EVENTS AND BEST STRATERGIES BY VISITING :-
ABOVE
SEE THE NEW MARKET DIVERGENCE
See Naomi's small caps .go to her Stoch below for address
For some personal info
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DATE EACH ENTRY IS POSTED NEXT TO TITLE

 Now SPRING SHARE UPDATE,
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MINI SMALL CAPS,WINTER SHARE AND DERIVATIVE UPDATE, SMALL/MID CAPS,Alert,Small/Mid Recovery Shares (above)
         
(2), (7), (12) For the latest  Continuous Warrant reports
                            and
            Real Estate News part A
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       (1)VISIT the post below FOR A GLOBAL EVENTS OVERVEIW AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
Note date of updates in brackets thus =(1) in June

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Dramatic Happenings GLOBALLY

JUNE 2012
TIME TO STAND BACK ,TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND DO A SOBER REVEIW OF WORLD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

WE ARE BEEN TOLD THAT IF GREECE DEFAULTS IT WOULD CAUSE AN ECONOMIC TIDAL WAVE ,GREATER THAN ANY NATURAL TIDAL WAVE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
YES FOR SURE THERE WILL BE REPECUSSIONS,BUT LET US NOT FORGET THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CAUSED BY POITICIANS INTERFERING IN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS YET AGAIN.
IN THE FIRST PLACE GREECE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO JOIN THE EURO MONETARY UNION AS THEY NEVER QULIFIED COMPLETELY
NOW THE AUSTERITY MEASURES IMPOSED UPON THEM ARE SO SEVERE THAT THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE THAT THEY CAN EVER RECOVER OR EXPAND WHILE IN THE EURO MONETARY UNION AGAIN. NOW THE QUESTION MUST BE ASKED IF THEY DEFAULT WILL THE INITIAL SHOCK DESTABLISE WORLD MARKETS COMPLETELY?. SURELY NOT AS THEY HAVE HAD TWO "HAIRCUTS" i.e. MINI DEFAULTS ALREADY. MARKETS ARE ALREADY DICOUNTING THIS ALMOST INEVITABLE OUTCOME BY RETRACTING WORLD-WIDE.WHEN GREECE RETURNS TO THEIR OWN ECONOMIC SYSTEM THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY DEVALUE THEIR OWN CURRENCY.WHILE THIS IN THE LONG RUN IS NOT DESIRABLE IT WILL RELEIVE THE PRESSURE UPON ITS FISCUS AND GIVE IT A PERIOD OF CALM TO STILL MAKE MARKET CHANGES AND INSTALL CONFIDENCE IN ITS CITIZENS.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH CAN NEVER REPAY ITS DEBT HAS BOASTED THAT IT CAN NEVER FALL INTO THE MESS THAT THE EURO NATIONS ARE IN AS IT CAN PRINT AS MUCH MONEY AS IS NEEDED TO AVOID SUCH A SITUATION!WORLD-WIDE THE PRACTICE OF PRINTING MONEY WITHOUT PROPER BACKING LEADS TO DE-FACTO DEVALUATION OF A CURRENCY. 
Now the major countries of the world are trying to keep the Euro Monetary Area intact.If they succeed it will delay the recovery  of the EURO  ZONE for a long time.France is already suffering under the weight of the monies lent to the PIGS countries.
                     ALSO
WORTH A VISIT;
For PROPERTY UP DATES see the page
My REAL ESTATE PART A
ON:
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MAY UPDATE see NEW FEATURES

THE DATE THAT EACH ENTRY IS POSTED IS PUT NEXT TO THE ITEM.(THE NEWEST POSTS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF INDEX ABOVE)

THE  STOCH THIS MONTH HAS BEEN UPDATED
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 SEE NAOMI'S SMALL CAP RESOURCE UPDATE
CLICK ON ADDRESS ON


 Do visit Naomi's Stoch Analyser plus her very important comments ,more shares to be included from mid month
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MONTHLY FOR SOME INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF OUR DOINGS   OUR LIFESTYLE    
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Friday, March 2, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Stripping of South African Resource Assets Part 1

The old National government before 1994 had many ills
Its seperate development was totally unacceptable to many white South Africans as well as indigenous population.The major mining groups and major industry also opposed it.It took many years of persuasion and sanctions to bring about change which was finally a good thing.
How ever there were many good policies in place to keep the mines operating for longer periods and keep all the population employed at livable wages.
This is no longer the case.
Lets examine how this state of affairs has arisen.
1.First there was a gentlemans  agreement between the major miners and the government to not mechanise all operations except the dangerous and very heavy work areas and employ as many workers as possible.This has now changed and 860,000 jobs have been lost since 1994.Overseas first world countries are also guilty of encouraging these practices of mechanising all operations.
2.As the population becomes more frustrated at not having work and few new jos are being created the radical element is gaining support amongst the mainstream populace.Take the firebrand Malema and members of his ilk.Although he has been removed from political  influence for the time being ,opinions are obviously moving in the direction of nationalisation.
This is now bolting the mining sector.Overseas investors are not keen to invest money,in mines where it might be seized at some future time.
3.Now the government has come up with legisation which is now enforced ,which states that the land belongs to the government and mines have have lost the right to own their claims.The land they lease from the government is on a basis of "use it  or loose it!"The government's  policy is shifting on this issue and have been known to give the same land to different mining groups ,leading  to many challenges in court.This lead to many mining enterprises mining uneconomical reefs just to hold on to their claims.
4.Pre 1994 to take an example gold mines used to mine the lower paying reefs when the price was high and the richer reefs whenthe price of gold was low.ALL TYPES OF RESOURCE MINES OPERATED IN THIS WAY.NOW THE POLICY IS TO MINE THE RICHEST REEFS FIRST IN CASE SOME
NEW LEGISLATION SHOULD MAKE MINING UNPROFITABLE.
EVEN COAL MINERS ARE MINING THE BETTER QUALITY COAL SEAMS TO MAKE SOME PROFITS EIRST
5.ADDED TO THIS IS NEW MINING TAXES MAKING MINING AN ONEROUS BUSINESS.
6.ILLEGAL STRIKES by mining union for rediculous reasons might be the final straw that breaks the camels back now occuring more regularly.
Overseas governments should find it in their own interests to discourage some of these practices where they still have influence.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Febuary Updates

On the day updated thus-(10) We follow the Chinese method of order.i.e. Newest updates at the bottom of the index page(above)!
10 Naomi has updated her resource blog see addresss on 1 below (25)
9 Part two comment down below (18)
 8. WINTER SHARE AND DERIVATIVE COMMENT (17)

 7.NAOMI has updated her 2nd Stoch for Feb,It is very interesting.See no 1 below for address (15)
 6 RECOVERY SHARES (13), (28)

 5.SMALL/MID CAP UPDATE (9)

  4.Alert update (7)

  3.Autumn Share and Derivative update(6) 

  2.Comment for Febuary part 1 below (3)

 1.Naomi has updated her first Stoch (2),(15)
go to-   http://2010plusstocktrends.blogspot.com/

        Comment update for Febuary
(PART TWO)
South Africa has placed a sur-charge on Brazil chicken exports of 60% as they accuse them of dumping here.Brazil denies it.
What ever the case it will take a long time to reverse this decision.This is a wonderful opportunity for our chicken producers that have been struggling for years.The prices of ASTRAL,RAINBOW and SOVERIGN should soar
Retailers are doing very well of late.since August last year WHL was not well thought of by most punters but has increased by34% which is the highest on the top 40 of shops.Now every one is following Spar and Shoprite and Masmart(WalMart).Yes they are doing fairly  well.The worst performer in the top 40 is Pick and Pay.that is the one I shall follow with a p/e round12


PART ONE
 1.Adding on what I wrote about  Platinum and Gold last month THE PRICE OF PLATINUM IS LEAPING UP AND SHOULD OVERTAKE THE GOLD PRICE SOON,TAKE TODAY ; THE GOLD PRICE INCREASED BY  US$ 7 AND PLATINUM BY US$27 !!!
Do also read the latest updates on the page above. " A developing resource"

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HAVE A LOOK AT LINKS TO OTHER INTERESTING BLOGS

Monday, January 2, 2012

2012 January Update

Day of UPDATE=(2)
  11.New Recovery shares updated (25)
 10.REAL ESTATE by BARRY PART A UPDATED go to Naomi's Stoch website see item no 7. below(21)
  9.Winter Share and Derivitive Club Update(17) (19)
  8.NAOMI has updated her small cap resources see 7. below for address.Platinum is recovering at a greater pace than Gold (12)

  7.Naomi's Stoch Update (11) go to

http://2010plusstocktrends.blogspot.com/

 6.AUTUMN UPDATE (10)

 5.New Alert updated(9)

 4,SMALL CAP UPDATE (7)  (11)   (19)

3.FINAL SUMMER LIST PUBLISHED (5)

2.RECOVERY(SECOND WIND SHARES) UPDATED(see above)(4) (11)(19)

1.See Article below January 2 on 2012
Prospects(2)
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PROSPECTS in 2012

   I have no intention of dwelling in the past,but feel it must  be pointed out that last year produced a loss on the TOP 40 shares for the first time since 2008 on the JSE.Although South Africa fared better than all the other BRICS countries(developing nations) the loss was heavier for foreigners as they lost on average 20% of value due to the weakening of the Rand.
   Now as to this year ,the crises in the Euro Zone is likely to continue for some time to come.The ultimate answer will no doubt lead to a re-structuring of the Euro-Union,but that is unlikely to happen for  a number of years.Partial answers buy time and as those economies tighten their belts, they will start pulling out of the worst of the problem probably towards the end of 2012.
     Now all this will have an effect upon RESOURCE PRICES pushing them down to lower levels.How ever on the other side of the coin,mines cannot cut costs any further as they are in greater number starting to run at losses worldwide,most are already tightening their belts,soon the smaller operations will start to close down and therefore one should only concentrate on larger projects as they can survive longer.Platinum and Gold miners have been hard hit in Southern Africa as with the weakening Rand inflation is moving their costs much higher.
    Eventually a shortage of essential minerals such as iron and other related ores will develop and the recovering world will lead to better conditions again. 2013 will in all likeness be the start of another great up-swing

Friday, December 2, 2011

December Updates and Comments

Days that updates shown below ,on this blog,in December thus =(2)
A.1  Go to second wind shares for latest update (see above) (3),(7)

 A.2a  Autumn Comment  page 5  (6)
    2b  Summer comment update (19)

A.3  NEW ALERT (7),(13),(14)

A.4  SMALL,MID CAP SHARES 2012 (8)(14)(19)(20)(21)
A.5 SMALL CAP SHARES 2011 (15)

B Naomi has entered her first Stoch report (2) and second report (15)

Also check Naomi's resource update for GOLD page two (12)

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