Dear CIGAs,
The more I hear from contacts concerning Pakistan the more theatrical it appears.
Rent-an-army Pakistani forces forced all the residents of Swat to join the largest procession of refugees since Burundi and Rwanda by curfew and intimidation. They had to be rescued by Tanzania.
The strategy was that once you emptied most of Swat you simply [...]

Dear CIGAs,
The why behind the “no comment” on Bernanke’s grilling yesterday on the Merrill deal is because it is just too embarrassing for any American to have a major financial leader dogged by such a paper trail.
Inflation:
A note on the form of inflation coming: It has NOTHING whatsoever to do with consumer demand pull or [...]

Three weeks to go:
1. California Labor Unions hold tight and will not cooperate with the needs of funding.
2. California legislators refuse to raise significant taxes.
3. The Obama Administration holds tight in saying they will not bail out California.
In three weeks California will be out of money with the inflow nowhere near the needs.
Then what? A [...]

Dear CIGAs,
The battle between the inflationists and the deflationists continues unabated with market gyrations becoming increasingly violent as neither side appears able to gain an advantage. Just as it looks as if the bond market is going to side with the inflationists, it miraculously bounces from a major long term support area and ricochets higher [...]

Dear CIGAs,
You are going to see a great deal more of this.
Do you honestly know how bad things are going to get?
Do you really accept that the US dollar is going to take a historical percentage of value hammering in the final quarter of 2009?
Do you recognize that as pressure to deliver gold [...]

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Dear Friends,
The more we get reports like this out of China, the more we should consider that this is indeed the official line of the government and that this is indeed exactly what is taking place although very quietly, unannounced in advance (remember the classic by England’s Gordon Brown?), and with no fanfare whatsoever when [...]

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My Dear Friends,
I am preparing now to leave for China. My stay in Beijing is now planned until the 7th of July. Thereafter I will be traveling to South Africa and Tanzania.
All scheduled dates are subject to change as I am involved in negotiations that require flexibility.
I will enjoy spending time in the areas where [...]

Jim Sinclair’s Commentary
Although the inviting conclusion is the little guy is screaming for attention, his elevator does not go to the top floor.
N. Korea threatens US; world anticipates missile By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the [...]