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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.
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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.
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2.THE CURRENCY CONVERTER  WAS ALSO A REQUEST FROM A NUMBER OF OUR VEIWERS NOW APPEARS ON THE STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS  BLOG
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3.LABELS ARE NOW HIGHER IN THE SIDE-BAR TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CLUSTER LIKE MINDED ARTICLES TOGETHER
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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

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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.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MAY UPDATE see NEW FEATURES

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Friday, March 2, 2012