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Squeeze The People – The Album

Posted on: Thursday, December 31st, 2009 in: General Editorial

Dear CIGAs,
Please help me get the message across. We have written much and spoken at various venues.
Still the media makes fun of gold investors and pumps out MOPE daily.
I financed the creation of an album of contemporary folk music that tells the story quite accurately. I am not looking for remuneration for this project, I [...]

In The News Today

Posted on: Thursday, December 31st, 2009 in: In The News

"Government ‘help’ to business is just as disastrous as government persecution… the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off." –Ayn Rand
 
Jim Sinclair’s Commentary
The 2006 Formula cranks along.
Revenues are going to tank, as expenses go wildly higher into 2012. [...]

Jim’s Mailbox

Posted on: Thursday, December 31st, 2009 in: Jim's Mailbox

A message from Main Street:
It is here that MOPE has no power to manage employment, therefore consumerism, and therefore housing.
The MOPE solution is simply to name the situation a "New Normal" as MOPErs attempt to take equity markets to new all time highs.
Jim,
There is no business recovery. I attempt to supplement my church income by [...]

In The News Today

Posted on: Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 in: In The News

Thought For The Day:
The point made by every gold bear is that the recovery of the economy is so strong that business activity’s recovery will create a stronger dollar in much of 2010 for a multiple of reasons.
The key then is what will the economy do as it bounces along the bottom of housing and [...]

Jim’s Mailbox

Posted on: Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 in: Jim's Mailbox

Jim,
Regarding Pretend and Extend on commercial RE properties posted today:
It’s different if you are a bank and you can hold (on the books) on to a commercial real estate property using phony sanctioned accounting, but if you are a little to midsized RE holder how do you make money holding on to buildings without tenants, [...]